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| | Address | | 1800 Old Pecos Trail, P.O. Box 2228 | | Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505-2228 | | (Santa Fe Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| Jones, Snead, Wertheim & Wentworth, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Criminal Practice including Trials and Appeals in State and Federal Courts. Practice Areas include Personal Injury, Insurance Coverage and Insurance Bad Faith, Complex Commercial and Trust and Estate Litigation, Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, Employment Relations, Civil Rights, Corporate, Antitrust, Business, Financial Institutions, Real Estate, Estate Planning and Probate, State Taxation, Administrative, Education, Intellectual Property and Labor Law, Telecommunications and Public Utilities, Wind Development. | | Year Established: 1948 | Firm Profile:
The firm of JONES, SNEAD, WERTHEIM & WENTWORTH, P.A. (The Jones Firm) was founded by O. Russell Jones in 1948. It has maintained a general practice handling a wide variety of legal matters ranging from legal problems of individuals to major companies. It has handled one of the largest antitrust class actions in the history of the State of New Mexico, while also handling one of the largest single plaintiff's commercial cases in the history of New Mexico. It has represented an heir of an internationally renowned artist in a will contest, successfully settling the contest by requiring the transfer of the bulk of that artist's art to museums and other charitable institutions. In more recent years the firm has handled a number of significant personal injury, wrongful death and product liability suits, as well as complex contract, will and trust contests and commercial litigation cases. The scope of its practice includes corporate, business, estate, administrative, real estate law, labor, employment, criminal defense and civil litigation. | | Firm Size: 8 | Clients:
GENERAL COUNSEL: Charter Bank for Savings; F.S.B.; National Education Association of New Mexico; New Mexico Mutual Casualty Co. | Representative Clients:
AFSCME; IBEW Local 611, U.A.P., et al. Local 412; Public Service Company of New Mexico; Time Warner Telecom of New Mexico, LLC; Sacred Wind Communications. | References:
Charter Bank for Savings; F.S.B. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard | | O. Russell Jones (1912-1978). | | James E. Snead (Member) born Frederick, Oklahoma, October 21, 1937; admitted to bar, 1963, New Mexico, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico and U.S. Courts of Appeals, Tenth and Fifth Circuits; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of New Mexico (B.S.E.E., 1959); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1963). Order of the Coif; Delta Theta Phi; Kappa Mu Epsilon; Sigma Tau. Assistant Patent Editor, The George Washington Law Review, 1962-1963. Certified Mediator. Assistant Attorney General, State of New Mexico, 1963-1964. Member: First Judicial District and American Bar Associations; State Bar of New Mexico; Motor Carriers Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Administrative Law; Intellectual Property; Commercial Law; Estate Planning; Insurance; Mediation; Arbitration. Email: James E. Snead | | Jerry Wertheim (Member) born Fort Sumner, New Mexico, October 11, 1938; admitted to bar, 1964, New Mexico, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Stanford University; University of New Mexico (B.A., with University honors, 1960); Georgetown University (LL.B., 1964). Phi Kappa Phi. Staff Member, Georgetown Law Journal, 1962-1963. Recipient: New Mexico State Bar Service Award, 1971; New Mexico State Bar Outstanding Service Award, 1974; NEA-New Mexico Honor Award for Outstanding Service to Teaching Profession, 1975; New Mexico Supreme Court Award for Outstanding Service to the Judiciary, 1982; New Mexico State Bar Outstanding Contribution Award, 1983 and 1984. Assistant Attorney General, New Mexico, 1964-1965. Member: Supreme Court Rules of Evidence Committee, 1972-1993; Supreme Court Rules of Civil Procedure Committee, 1993-1998; Advisory Group, United Stated District Court, District of New Mexico, under the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, 1992-1994. Member: State Bar of New Mexico (Chairman, Advisory Opinions Committee, 1968-1976); New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association; American Board of Trial Advocates; American Law Institute; The American Association for Justice; Bar Association for the U.S. District Court for New Mexico (President, 1996-2005; Bench's Bar Fund Committee, Chairman, 2005-2006). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Probate; Estate Planning; Business Law. Email: Jerry Wertheim | | John Wentworth (Member) born Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, New Mexico, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Claremont Men's College (B.S., 1967); Australian National University; University of New Mexico (J.D., 1970). Author, "Treatise on New Mexico Rules of Evidence," Institute of Public Law, 1983. Law Clerk to the Hon. Paul Tackett, New Mexico Supreme Court, 1970-1971. Deputy District Attorney, First Judicial District, 1971-1972. Member, Federal Criminal Justice Act Panel for New Mexico, 1982-1985. Member: First Judicial District and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of New Mexico (Chairman, Trial Practice Section, 1982-1983; Board Member, Criminal Law Section, 1990-1993); New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1979); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; The American Association for Justice; American Board of Trial Advocates. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Wrongful Death; Premises Liability; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Law. Email: John Wentworth | | Jerry Todd Wertheim (Member) born Washington, D.C., April 6, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, New Mexico; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Stanford University (A.B., with distinction and honors, 1984); New York University (J.D., 1988). Southwest Superlawyer, Labor and Employment, 2007, 2008. Senior Articles Editor, New York University Review of Law and Social Change, 1987-1988. Author: "Grand Jury and Preliminary Hearing Practice," New Mexico Criminal Practice Manual. Assistant Appellate Defender, 1988-1990. Assistant Public Defender, 1990-1993. Member: New Mexico Supreme Court Rules of Criminal Procedure Committee, 1992-2001; New Mexico Supreme Court Children's Court Rules Committee, 1994-1998; New Mexico Supreme Court Jury Initiative Steering Committee. Member: State Bar of New Mexico (Chair, Criminal Law Section, 1995-1996; Co-Chair, Task Force on the Administration of the Death Penalty, 2002-2004); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; The American Association for Justice; New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Chavez v. Desert Eagle Distributing Co. of N.M., 2007-NMCA-018, 141 N.M. 116, 151 P.ed 77; Johnson v. Vigil - Giron, 2006-NMS D51, 140 N.M. 667, 146 P.2d 312; New Mexicans for Free Enterprise v. City of Santa Fe, 2006-NMCA-138 N.M. 785, 126 P.3d 1149; State v. Gutierrez, 2006-NMCA-90, 140 P.3d 1106; Aguilera v. Bd. of Educ., 2006-NMSC-15, 132 P.3d 587; Village of Wagon Mound v. Mora Trust, 2003-NMCA-35, 133 N.M. 373, 62 P.3d 1255; Wessel v. City of Albuquerque, 299 F.3d 1186 (10th Cir 2002); Silva v. AFSCME, 231 F.3d 691 (10th Cir. 2000); Silva v. AFSCME, 2001-NMSC-38, 131 N.M. 364, 37 P.3d 81; State ex rel. Sandel v. New Mexico Public Util. Comm'n, 1999-NMSC-19, 127 N.M. 272, 980 P.2d 55; Giangreco v. Murlless, 1997-NMCA-61, 123 N.M. 498, 943 P.2d 532; Lane v. Lane, 1996-NMCA-23, 121 N.M. 414, 912 P.2d 290; State v. Orosco, 113 N.M. 780, 833 P.2d 1146 (Ct. App. 1992); Mathis v. State, 112 N.M. 744, 819 P.2d 1302 (1991); State v. Mathis, 111 N.M. 687, 808 P.2d 972 (Ct. App. 1991); State v. Ybarra, 111 N.M. 234, 804 P.2d 1053 (1990); State v. Gonzales, 110 N.M. 166, 793 P.2d 848 (1990); State v. Ruffins, 109 N.M. 668, 789 P.2d 616 (1990); State v. Haar, 110 N.M. 517, 797 P.2d 306 (Ct. App. 1990); State v. Calloway, 111 N.M. 47, 801 P.2d 117 (Ct. App. 1990); State v. Haddenham, 110 N.M. 149, 793 P.2d 279 (1990); State v. Calvillo, 110 N.M. 114; 792 P.2d 1157 (Ct. App. 1990); State v. Lucero, 110 N.M. 50; 791 P.2d 804 (Ct. App. 1990); State v. Valdez, 109 N.M. 759; 790 P.2d 1040 (Ct. App. 1990); State v. Werner, 110 N.M. 389; 796 P.2d 610 (Ct. App. 1990); State v. Moore, 109 N.M. 119; 782 P.2d 91 (Ct. App. 1989); State v. Mirabal, 108 N.M. 749; 779 P.2d 126 (Ct. App. 1989); State v. Cordova, 109 N.M. 211, 784 P.2d 30 (1989). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Plaintiffs Civil Litigation; Criminal Law; Education Law; Labor and Employment Law; Professional Negligence; Commercial Litigation. Email: Jerry Todd Wertheim | | Carol A. Clifford (Member) born Denver, Colorado, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, California; 1990, New Mexico and U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1983); New York University (J.D., 1988). Editor-in-Chief, New York University Review of Law and Social Change, 1987-1988. Law Clerk to the Hon. William Wayne Justice, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 1988-1989. Assistant Attorney General, 1991-1994. Member: State Bar of California; State Bar of New Mexico; The American Association for Justice; New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: State ex rel. Sandel v. New Mexico Public Utility Commission, 1999 NM SC 19, 127 N.M. 272, 980 P.2d 55 (1999). Practice Areas: Business Law; Telecommunications Law; Regulated Utilities Law; Real Estate; Labor and Employment. Email: Carol A. Clifford | | John V. Wertheim (Member) born Santa Fe, New Mexico, February 12, 1968; admitted to bar, 1997, New Mexico and U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1990); University of New Mexico (J.D., 1995). Member, New Mexico Law Review. Democratic Nominee for U.S. House of Representatives, 1996. Chairman, Democratic Party of New Mexico, 2004-2007. New Mexico Business Weekly Forty Under Forty, 2007. Member: State Bar of New Mexico; New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association; The American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Securities Fraud; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability. Email: John V. Wertheim | | Lee R. Hunt (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, January 7, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 2003, New Mexico; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico. Education: Western Kentucky University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1997); University of Kentucky (J.D., with honors, 2000). Order of the Coif. Member, Moot Court Board. Symposium Editor, Kentucky Law Journal, 1999-2000. Member: Kentucky Bar Association; State Bar of New Mexico; The American Association for Justice; New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association; Attorneys Information Exchange Group. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Plaintiffs Civil Litigation; Civil Rights Litigation; Professional Negligence; Commercial Litigation. Email: Lee R. Hunt | | —————————— | | Roxie P. Rawls-De Santiago (Associate) born Las Cruces, New Mexico, April 21, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, New Mexico; 2005, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: New Mexico State University (B.B.S., magna cum laude, with honors, 1998); University of New Mexico (J.D., 2004). Member: State Bar of New Mexico; New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association (Board Member); Hispanic National Bar Association; The American Association for Justice; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Law; Trusts and Estates; Immigration Law. Email: Roxie P. Rawls-De Santiago |
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