Federal Employment Case Verdict
George McFall and Sarah Stevenson recently obtained a federal jury verdict on behalf of our client, a large pharmaceutical company. The plaintiff claimed that she had been fired for raising safety concerns about a medical device used in the collection of blood plasma. Judge C….
Tiffany Roach Martin Selected to DRI Young Lawyers Steering Committee
Modrall Sperling is pleased to announce Tiffany Roach Martin has been selected for a two-year term on the DRI Young Lawyers Steering Committee. DRI is the leading national organization of…
2015 “Best Law Firms” Rankings
Modrall Sperling has been ranked in the 2015 “Best Law Firms” list by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® in Albuquerque and Santa Fe offices. Firms included in the 2015 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings…
Benchmark Litigation Highly Recommends Modrall Sperling
Modrall Sperling has been named as a leading law firm in New Mexico and awarded the “highly recommended” designation by Benchmark Litigation for the seventh consecutive year. Twelve firm lawyers…
Native American Law Watch – Fall 2014
View as PDF Articles: State Taxation of Tribal Leases Preempted by Federal Law In Seminole Tribe of Florida v. State of Florida, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida concluded that two Florida state taxes were precluded by federal…
BNY V. Romero: Important Lessons For Foreclosure Practice in New Mexico
On February 13, 2014, the New Mexico Supreme Court filed its Opinion in Bank of New York v. Romero, 2014-NMSC-007. The opinion in BNY v. Romero describes a case which started badly and ended terribly. The case grew out of an unnecessary, expensive, poorly documented loan…
Energy & Resources Notes – Fall 2014
View as PDF Proposed Clean Water Act Rulemaking:What is a Water of the United States The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) have proposed a new rule to define the scope of “Waters of the United…
Ice Bucket Challenge Honors Retired Partner Doug Schneebeck
Dozens of Modrall Sperling attorneys, staff members and their families gathered to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Saturday, August 23, 2014. As firm president Walter Stern said before taking the icy bath himself, “We are all gathered together, doing this on…
American Bar Association Honors Garcia
Tomas Garcia of Modrall Sperling has been awarded an American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division scholarship for the 2014 – 2015 bar year. Designed to provide opportunities for greater ABA participation of minority, solo/small firm and military service attorneys, sixteen scholarships were awarded…