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Brandon officially joined the Albuquerque office of McCoy Leavitt Laskey LLC in October 2017 as a lawyer, but he clerked with the firm intermittently since the summer of 2015. He graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in May 2017, where he served as the Executive Editor of the Journal of the Legal Profession, a member of the Campbell Moot Court Board, and the Vice President of the Student Bar Association. He obtained his bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from the University of New Mexico College where he was a double major in environmental science and communications. He is admitted to practice in New Mexico federal and state courts.

Chris Templeman holds both Master of Business Administration (MBA) as well as his Juris Doctor degree from the University of New Mexico.  He lives in Albuquerque and practices personal injury and civil rights law in New Mexico.

Terry began his legal career in Buffalo, New York in 1976. Upon moving to Albuquerque, Terry worked as an assistant district attorney, which made him a constant presence in the courtroom. In 1979, Terry reentered private practice focused on personal injury and real estate law. He shifted to full-time personal injury and medical malpractice litigation in 1988.. In addition to practicing law, Terry is a dedicated volunteer in the Albuquerque community. Terry has been the Charter President of the Uptown Optimist Club and of his neighborhood association. He has also served on the board of directors of the State Bar Senior Lawyers Division, New Day Youth & Family Services, the Jewish Federation of New Mexico, the New Mexico Trial Lawyers and the Jewish Community Center. In his free time, Terry enjoys hiking, working out and skiing.

Every case we take is handled with the utmost in care, commitment and compassion. We are a small firm with a lot of experience.. We specialize in the following practice areas: brain/spinal cord injury, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, premises liability, car crash, civil rights, insurance coverage, sexual misconduct by professionals, and worker's compensation.. We do not impersonally settle large numbers of cases. Instead, we devote the work and time necessary, combined with state-of-the-art techniques, to prepare each case for settlement or trial so that every client of ours has the very best chance of maximum financial recovery. We offer free consultations. We advance legal costs, meaning that we only receive a fee by winning your case.. John Tiwald has been very active in community non-profit organizations throughout his career. During the last fifteen years he has served as President, Vice-President, and as a board member of the New Mexico Brain Injury Alliance and has served on the board of the Southwest Neurorehabilitation Institute. He has a special interest and experience in representing brain-injured persons and their families in injury cases of all types.. Because of John's knowledge of and experience with brain injury law, Tiwald Law Firm has set up a website especially for brain injured people and their families.

Lindsay is rated an AV® Preeminent™ attorney by Martindale-Hubbell. She is a co-owner of the law office of Decker Griffel, LLC, which serves the diverse administrative, civil litigation, and transactional needs of individuals and businesses.. For example, Lindsay represents individuals in their claims and appeals for Social Security Disability benefits, Personal Injury, Long-Term Disability Benefits, PERA disability Benefits, and other civil torts like breach of contract. She handles all stages of these claims before New Mexico state and federal courts and governmental agencies, including to conduct pre-suit investigations, prepare settlement demands, prepare and file initial applications and complaints, conduct discovery, pursue pre- and post-judgment motions, attend hearings and arbitration, mediation, and settlement proceedings, conduct bench and jury trials, collect on judgments, and pursue and defend against appeals. Lindsay also offers estate planning, including to prepare wills, trusts, transfers on death deaths, advanced health care directives, and powers of attorney.. Besides representing individuals, Lindsay also serves the civil litigation and transactional needs of businesses (from sole proprietors to international corporations) in a diverse array of industries, including, for example, car and retail sales, banking, construction, health and medicine, manufacturing, logging, real estate, and education. To that end, Lindsay represents plaintiff and defendant businesses in all stages of civil litigation, including to defend them against claims for torts and violations of the New Mexico Unfair Practices Act, auto liability, personal injury, premises liability, worker’s compensation, and employment discrimination. As plaintiff’s counsel, she helps businesses pursue their commercial claims involving contract disputes, collections and foreclosures, and trademark infringement.. Lindsay also assists businesses with their transactional needs, including by, for example, drafting, negotiating and reviewing contracts, preparing UCC filing statements and continuances, registering trademarks, and preparing mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens.. Lindsay is licensed to practice law in the New Mexico state courts, the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District Court of New Mexico, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. She is also a member of the Montana State Bar.. She is passionate about using the latest legal technology to offer her clients prompt and cost-effect legal representation.

Francisco Jimenez is an Albuquerque native who graduated from Valley High School and earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of New Mexico. Prior to founding Ring Jimenez, Mr. Jimenez worked as an Assistant District Attorney and Assistant City Attorney. Mr. Jimenez has first chaired more than sixty trials, a dozen of which were jury trials. His experience in the court room and his willingness to take cases to trial demonstrates the firm’s commitment to diligently pursue our client’s cases to get them the best recovery possible.

Randi McGinn is one of the country’s leading trial lawyers, having represented thousands of men and women in her 40 years of practice and having tried to verdict over 130 civil and criminal cases – everything from trucking collisions to workplace violence to medical malpractice to products liability lawsuits. She lost only 6 of those trials, giving her a 95% success rate.