Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder/Director

Lawyer Overview

Since joining the firm in 1988, Craig Erickson has maintained an active litigation practice. He has represented private and public clients in a wide variety of litigation, including product liability cases, mass tort litigation, personal injury cases, employment matters, insurance defense cases, complex contract disputes, and water adjudication. Since 2003, he also has acted as an administrative hearing officer for the New Mexico Department of Health, hearing administrative appeals involving health professional licensure matters and regulation of health facilities, and conducting rule promulgation hearings. Mr. Erickson particularly enjoys cases involving medical and mental health issues. Mr. Erickson is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating for legal ability.

Representative Clients

• Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
• Showa Denko K.K.
• Showa Denko America, Inc.
• Trinity Universal Insurance Company
• Covance, Inc.
• Levi Strauss & Co.
• The Gap, Inc.

Representative Cases

• Martinez v. Showa Denko, 966 P.2d 176 (N. M. Ct. App. 1998)
• Pope v. The Gap, Inc., 961 P.2d 1283 (N.M. Ct. App. 1998)

West Practice Categories

Administrative Hearings & Adjudication, Bad Faith Insurance, Animal Bites -- Defense, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense, Property Damage -- Defense, Slip and Fall -- Defense, Wrongful Death -- Defense, Asbestos, Medical Products & Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Pharmaceutical Products, Medical Malpractice

Bar Admissions

• New Mexico, 1988
• Alaska, 1985
• U.S. District Court District of New Mexico, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2007

Professional Associations and Memberships

• New Mexico State Bar
• American Bar Association
• New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association
• New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association

Pro Bono Activities

• Guardian ad litem for children in custody of the State of New Mexico, 1989 - 2000

Past Employment Positions

• Alaska Attorney General's Office, Oil, Gas and Mining Section, Anchorage, Alaska, Assistant Attorney General, 1987 - 1988
• Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Human Services Section, Assistant Attorney General, 1985 - 1987
• Law Clerk to Superior Court Judge Beverly W. Cutler, Alaska Trial Courts, Palmer, Alaska, 1984 - 1985
• United States Attorney's Office, District of Montana, Billings, Montana, Legal Intern, 1983

Education

• University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Oregon, 1984
  J.D.
  
  Law Review: Oregon Law Review, 1983 - 1984
• University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, 1978
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: With Honors
  Major: English
  Major: History

Address

40 First Plaza N.W.
Suite 740
Albuquerque, NM 87102

Phones

(505) 247-0411

Faxes

(505) 842-8890

Emails

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