Since 2004, Bruce E. Thompson has been helping injured people and their families by holding wrongdoers accountable for violations of federal and state law and other safety standards. A partner of the firm since 2008, Bruce handles cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, construction accidents, brain injury, trucking accidents and sexual abuse for those in Albuquerque and across New Mexico.
Bruce's entire practice is devoted to litigation, which includes civil appeals, civil rights, consumer rights and insurance bad faith cases. A member of the State Bar of New Mexico, the American Association of Justice and the New Mexico Trial Lawyers' Association, he is admitted to practice in New Mexico and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. For his commitment to legal ethics and professional accomplishments, he is AV Preeminent peer-review rated, Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating. He is a Fellow of the ABOTA National Trial College. He was awarded Best Lawyers 2020 Lawyer Of The Year in Plaintiff's Personal Injury.
After earning a Bachelor of Arts from St. John's College in 1993, Bruce attended the University of New Mexico School of Law and obtained a J.D. in 2003. He was awarded the law school's Dean's Award and the Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Law School Community, and he is named as an advocate by the American Association of Justice National College of Advocacy.
Bruce regularly speaks on government liability, insurance law, civil procedure and personal injury litigation at New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association seminars.
With a passion for protecting children, he is volunteer counsel for New Mexico Kids Matter, Inc., a volunteer organization of court appointed special advocates for children in foster care. He also serves as counsel for Albuquerque SANE Collaborative, which offers sexual assault and domestic violence victims immediate, compassionate and comprehensive medical treatment and forensic evaluation by nurse experts.
2004
Personal Injury
Insurance Bad Faith
Consumer Rights
Civil Rights
Civil Appeals
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
New Mexico, 2003
U.S. District Court District of New Mexico, 2003
University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, New Mexico
J.D. - 2003
St. John's College, Santa Fe
B.A. - 1993
Rivera v. American General Financial Services, Inc., 2011-NMSC-033, 150 N.M. 398, 259 P.3d 803
Fraire v. Belen Consolidated Public Schools, 2016 N.M. App. Unpub. LEXIS 340
AV Preeminent peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell
Best Lawyers - New Mexico
Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2012 - 2013
Southwest Super Lawyers, 2015 - present
Fellow, ABOTA National Trial College
Advocate, AAJ National College of Advocacy
Julia Raymond McCulloch Memorial Award for Scholarship in Constitutional Law, 2003 - Present
University of New Mexico Law School Dean's Award, 2003 - Present
Don G. McCormick Writing Prize, 2003 - Present
Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Law School Community, 2003 - Present
State Bar of New Mexico
American Association of Justice (AAJ), Member
New Mexico Trial Lawyers' Association (NMTLA), Board Member
New Mexico Supreme Court, Law Clerk
New Mexico Trial Lawyers Journal, State Appeals Editor, State Appeals Editor , 2005 - 2012
Counsel for New Mexico Kids Matter, Inc
Counsel for Albuquerque SANE Collaborative
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