John S. Thal
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Email: John@Atkinson-Thal.com
Admitted: 1981, New Mexico; 1993, Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Districts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Nebraska
Law School: University of New Mexico, J.D., 1981
College: University of New Mexico, B.A., with distinction, 1977
Member: State Bar of New Mexico; Colorado and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law) Bar Associations; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (President, 2008-2009); New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association.
Biography: Listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Southwest Super Lawyers (Business Litigation, Transportation/ Maritime). Recipient: University of New Mexico Centennial Distinguished Alumni Award, Department of Economics, 1989. First Prize, Regional Moot Court Competition, 1980. Associate Editor, Natural Resources Journal, 1980-1981.
Reported Cases: Duron v. Western Railroad Builders Corp., 856 F. Supp. 1538 (D.N.M. 1994); LWT, Inc. v. Childers Mfg. Co., 19 F.3d 539 (10th Cir. 1994); Armijo v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, 754 F. Supp. 1526 (D.N.M. 1990), reversed, 19 F.3d 547 (10th Cir. 1994), modified, 27 F.3d 481 (10th Cir. 1994); summary judgement affirmed, 87 F 3d 1188 (10th Cir. 1996); Archibeque v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, 70 F 3d 1172 (10th Cir. 1995).
Born: Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 3, 1955
ISLN: 903200538
