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JAMES K. GILMAN, J.D.
Gilman Law Offices, LLC
1400 Central Ave. SE, Suite 1000
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Tel: (505) 875-0700
Fax: (505) 878-9414
877-405-8785

 

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVES:

Practice of law focused on Wrongful Death and Catastrophic Injury litigation arising from aviation crashes, commercial truck crashes, medical and hospital negligence/malpractice, products liability, and premises liability.

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Married with five adult children.

EDUCATION:

1966:

University of Idaho
Bachelor’s Degree: Political Science and Civil Engineering

 
1971:

University of New Mexico
Juris Doctor Degree

 
1974: Hastings College of Trail Advocacy, San Francisco, CA

MILITARY:

1968 – 1970: First Lieutenant, United States Army, Infantry Branch
Fort Benning, Georgia and Republic of Vietnam

LAW PRACTICE:

1990 – Present:

Gilman Law Offices, LLC, Albuquerque, NM
Aviation litigation, products liability, oilfields, premises liability, malpractice litigation, personal injury, and crime victims in State and Federal Courts

 
1978 – 1990:

Gilman, Maguire & Martinez, Albuquerque, NM
Products liability, malpractice litigation, insurance defense, commercial and corporate litigation, contested probate matters, personal injury litigation and jury trials in State and Federal Courts

 
1973 – 1978:

James K. Gilman Law Offices, Albuquerque, NM
Consumer class action trials and appeals in State and Federal Courts, MDL litigation in Federal Courts involving Swine Flu Inoculation Paralysis cases, insurance defense, commercial and real estate litigation including TRO’s and injunctive relief, licensing instructor New Mexico Real Estate Commission

 
1972 – 1973:

Farlow and Lil, Albuquerque, NM: Associate Attorney
Insurance defense trials and appeals, general defense counsel for Allstate Insurance, Dairyland, Westco, Fidelity Guaranty, and other insurance carriers

 
1971 – 1972: New Mexico Court of Appeals, Santa Fe, NM
Judicial law clerk

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

New Mexico Bar Association
New Mexico Federal Bar Association
New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, Legislative Action
Lawyer-Pilot International Bar Association
American Association for Justice
Department of Transportation Bar Association
National Transportation Safety Board Association, Legislative Action Committee
National Crime Victim Bar Association

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association
      Board Member, 1996 – present, Legislative Action Committee

Lawyer-Pilot International Bar Association
      Board Member, 2002 – present

New Mexico Inns of Court
      Master Bencher, 2000 – present

National Transportation Safety Board Association
      Legislative Action Committee

State Bar Advisory Opinions Committee
      Past Committee Member

Statewide Lawyer Referral Committee
      Past Committee Member

State Bar Annual Legal Retreat Committee
      Past Member and Past Chair

State Bar Committee on Computers and Law
      Technology Utilization Committee, Past Chair

The Rehabilitation Center (now RCI)
      Past Board Member and Committee Chair, 1989 – 2006
      RCI, Inc. is a United Way Agency that is a community rehabilitation provider       founded in 1954.  It is a NISH and CARF certified organization which operates       several facilities for providing therapy services, training, job coaching and       employment for the developmentally and traumatically disabled persons,       including severely disabled persons.  It has a $6 million per annum operating       budget and receives United Way Supplemental funding.

Ideas in Science and Electronics, Inc.
      Legal Counsel and Technical Committee
      Past Member, 1980 – 1995
      Ideas in Science and Electronics, Inc. is a non-profit, scientific, educational       organization which sponsors and annual high-tech electronics symposium,       student scholarships, science fairs and a trade show at the Albuquerque       Convention Center.

Friends of the University of New Mexico Law Library
      Founder and Past President, 1985 – 2000
      It is a charitable, tax exempt organization providing supplemental financial       support to the UNM Law School Law Library

 Journal of the Lawyer-Pilot Bar Association
      Contributing Editor, aviation and crash litigation cases and appeals,
        1996 – 2000
      Official publication of the Lawyer-Pilot Bar Association, an international bar of       defense and plaintiff’s counsel dedicated to improving aviation safety and legal       education.

 

Notice and Warning: All crash cases and claims arising from crashes have time limitations, within which written tort claims notices to governmental agencies and suit must be filed, or the claim will be forever barred. These time limits and preliminary written tort claims notices to necessary governmental agencies vary widely depending upon a careful legal analysis of location of the crash, domicile of the parties, domicile of the survivors, families, and choice-of-law issues. Therefore, if your crash occurred some time ago, it is strongly recommended that you contact Gilman Law Office by telephone, because telephones are monitored 24/7/365, but web-based communications can have a delay in delivery. Furthermore, no attorney-client relationship can be assumed and no attorney-client relationship comes into existence until a written attorney-client has been fully executed by the client, personal representative, conservator, or other legally authorized client representative and the Gilman Law Firm, LLC.

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