Current Employment Position(s)

Managing Partner

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Gilkey has extensive experience representing local, regional and national employers in all phases of labor and employment law. His practice deals with all federal and state laws affecting the employer-employee relationship including employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, federal contract compliance, occupational safety and health, wage and hour, unfair labor practices, collective bargaining and labor arbitration. Mr. Gilkey has successfully defended employers in many employment discrimination, wrongful termination and labor cases in state and federal courts. Past successes cannot be an assurance of future success because each case must be decided on its own merits.

To assist the employer in avoiding expensive litigation, Mr. Gilkey emphasizes preventive counseling of the general manager and personnel manager to ensure appropriate administration of personnel policies. In that regard, his practice includes the presentation of seminars and workshops on topical employment law issues to his clients' management personnel.

Mr. Gilkey is listed as the leading employment defense lawyer in New Mexico in Chambers USA -- America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2002-2003.  Mr. Gilkey is also listed in Best Lawyers in America (Labor & Employment Law) and is a fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.  Each of these results were derived from a lawyer poll or survey.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment 100%

Representative Clients

• Intel Corporation
• Philips Semiconductors
• Southwest Airlines Co.
• Delta Airlines Co.
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation
• Westinghouse Waste Isolation Division
• University of New Mexico
• Raley's of New Mexico
• Home Depot USA, Inc.
• Washington Tru Solutions LLC
• Business Environments
• Citigroup, Inc.
• Dillard Store Services, Inc.
• American Gypsum Company
• Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
• Bowlin Travel Centers

Representative Cases

• Brillhart v. Philips Electronics North America Corp., 179 F.3d 1271 (N.M. 1999)
• Armijo v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 72 F.3d 793 (C.A. 10 1995)
• Jackson v. City of Bloomfield, 731 F.2d 652 (C.A.N.M. 1984)
• Sheet Metal Workers Intern. Ass'n Local Union No. 49, AFL-CIO v. Los Alamos Constructors, Inc., 550 F.2d 1258 (C.A.N.M. 1977)
• Chicano Police Officer's Ass'n v. Stover, 552 F.2d 918 (C.A.N.M. 1977)
• Chicano Police Officer's Ass'n v. Stover, 526 F.2d 431 (C.A.N.M. 1975)
• Salazar v. Furr's Inc., 629 F.Supp. 1403 (D.N.M. 1986)
• Rio Grande Jewelers Supply, Inc. v. Data General Corp., 689 P.2d 1269 (N.M. 1984)
• Zuniga v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 671 P.2d 662 (N.M. App. 1983)
• International Minerals & Chemical Corp. v. Employment Security Comm., 430 P.2d 769 (N.M. 1967)

West Practice Categories

Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Law

Bar Admissions

• New Mexico, 1963
• U.S. District Court District of New Mexico, 1964
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1971
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1975

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, 2007 - 2008
• New Mexico Bar Association, 2007 - 2008
• City of Albuquerque Personnel and Labor Relations Board, 1977 - 1983 (Chairman)
• College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
• Albuquerque Bar Association, 2007 - 2008 (member)

Honors and Awards

• AV rating, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory - Results derived from a lawyer poll or survey.
• Pre-Eminent Lawyers for Labor and Employment Law - Results derived from a lawyer poll or survey.
• The Best Lawyers in America, Labor and Employment Law (Management) - Results derived from a lawyer poll or survey.
• Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers - Results derived from a lawyer poll or survey.
• Listed as the leading employment defense lawyer in New Mexico in Chambers USA -- America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2002-2003 - Results derived from a lawyer poll or survey.

Past Employment Positions

• Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, Shareholder, 1963 - 1995
• Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, Managing Director, 1984 - 1993

Education

• Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963
  J.D.
• University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, 1958
  B.S.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Major: Business Administration

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Kappa Phi

Address

Suite 505
500 Marquette NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102

Phones

(505) 242-4466

Faxes

(505) 242-3145

Emails

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Websites

http://www.gilkeylaw.com