Member at the firm Filosa & Filosa
Areas of Practice
Banking Law; Personal Injury; Probate; Family Law; Real Estate; Social Security Disability; Mediation; Arbitration
Admitted
1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, New Mexico; 1984, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
Law School
John Marshall Law School, J.D., 1983
College
Southern Illinois University, B.S., 1979
Membership
Seventh Judicial District Bar Association (President, 1988); State Bar of New Mexico (Member, Family Law Section); American Bar Association (Member, Section on Criminal Justice); National Italian-American Bar Association.
Biography
Contract Public Defender, Sierra County, New Mexico, 1983-1995. Member: New Mexico Medical Review Committee, 1987; Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 1988-1996. Instructor, Introduction to Paralegalism and Civil Procedure, Albuquerque Career Institute, 1988-1989. Instructor, New Mexico Tech., 1991-1993. Special Commissioner for Domestic Violence, 1993-2004 and Special Master for Juvenile Court, 1999-2002, Third Judicial District.
Reported Cases
Talley v. Talley, 847 P2d. 323 (1993) New Mexico Court of Appeals (Child Support/Alimony); Johnston v. Sunwest Bank of Grant County, 863 P2d 1043 (1993), New Mexico Supreme Court (Joint Accounts Summary Judgment); Gracia v. Bittner, 900 P2d 351 (1995)(Landlord/Tenant Law); Manouchehri v. Heim, 941 P2d 978 (1997)(Uniform Commercial Code); Major v. Major, 952 P2d 37 (1997)(Child Support); Monette v. Tinsley, 975 P2d 361 (1999) (Arbitration); Pedersen v. Pedersen, 1 P.3d 974 (2000) (Child Support).
Born
South Bend, Indiana, June 21, 1957
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