Super Lawyers - Southwest 2016

DAVID C. SERNA

SERNA LAW OFFICES

725 Lomas Boulevard Northwest Albuquerque, NM 87102

Tel: 505-242-4057 Fax: 505-242-0120 dcs@sernalaw.com www.sernalaw.com David C. Serna has limited his practice to criminal law for over 38 years. He is a Life Member of both the NACDL and the National Legal Committee of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). He was named one of the Top Lawyers of Albuquerque by Albuquerque magazine. A Founding Member of the National College for DUI Defense at Harvard Law School, he is the only New Mexico lawyer certified by both the NBTA as a Criminal Trial Diplomate and by the New Mexico State Bar as a Criminal Trial Specialist. He is the 2013 recipient of the Charles Driscoll Award given annually to an outstanding member of the bar who has shown extraordinary courage and determination in protecting the rights of people charged with crimes.

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: DUI/DWI CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR

CRIMINAL DEFENSE
KENNETH L. TUCKER

TUCKER & MILLER LLLP

1440 East Missouri Avenue Suite C-150

Fax: 602-870-5255 kent@tucker-miller.com www.tuckermillerlaw.com Ken has litigated over 300 jury trials representing claimants and defendants, concentrating for the last 20 years on representing plaintiffs, for whom he has won numerous multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements in the areas of medical malpractice; product liability; police department negligence; truck accidents; complex multi-state, multi-party cases; banking cases; and insurance bad faith. In 2005, he won the second largest plaintiffs’ medical malpractice verdict in Arizona history. He has also testified as an expert in professional negligence and insurance bad faith litigation. He has represented licensees before numerous regulatory boards and commissions, including regarding equine cases and law with particular concentration on race track and racing issues before the Arizona Racing Commission.

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAINTIFF PERSONAL INJURY PRODUC TS: PLAINTIFF

PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRAC TICE: PLAIN TIFF
DEBORA L. VERDIER

MANNING & KASS, ELLROD, RAMIREZ, TRESTER LLP

3636 North Central Avenue

11th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85012

Tel: 602-313-5464

Fax: 602-313-5499 dlv@manningllp.com www.manningllp.com Debora Verdier is a partner in the Scottsdale office of Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP. She defends employers in disputes pending before the EEOC, state and federal courts, and private arbitrators. She defends employers, including municipalities, against claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation brought under Title VII, FMLA, ADA, AEDA, and ARRA. Ms. Verdier currently serves as a Judge Pro Tem in the Maricopa County Superior Court. She is also an adjunct professor at her alma mater, the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, where she teaches a practical skills course called The Litigation Experience. Ms. Verdier is pleased to have been named Top 25: Women Arizona Super Lawyers for 2015 and 2016 and Top 50: Arizona Super Lawyers for 2016.

PROFESSIONAL LIABILI T Y: DEFENSE INSURANCE COVERAGE

EMPLOYMEN T LITIGATION: DEFENSE WHITNEY WARNER

MOODY & WARNER, P.C.

4169 Montgomery Boulevard Northeast Albuquerque, NM 87109

Tel: 505-944-0033

Fax: 505-944-0034 warner@nmlaborlaw.com www.nmlaborlaw.com Whitney Warner devotes her practice to employment (employers and employees) and labor law (management), including advice, litigation, and jury trials in the areas of class actions, discrimination, harassment, agreements, handbooks, labor relations, union elections, wage-and-hour, EEOC charges, governmental audits, and wrongful termination. She is passionate about the field and her clients. Ms. Warner is a past chair of the Employment and Labor Section of the State Bar of New Mexico.

EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: DEFENSE EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: PLAIN TIFF

EMPLOYMEN T & LABOR
ROBERT E. WISNIEWSKI

LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT E. WISNIEWSKI, P.C.

519 East Thomas Road PO Box 33217

Phoenix, AZ 85067

Tel: 602-234-3700

Fax: 602-230-7579 bob@azhurtonthejob.com www.azhurtonthejob.com Robert E. Wisniewski is a Certified Specialist, Arizona State Bar, Workers’ Compensation. He is a Fellow of the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers. Mr. Wisniewski is one of the premier workers’ compensation attorneys in Arizona. He has been practicing workers’ compensation law for 40 years, and his law firm has dedicated its practice to providing justice for injured workers throughout Arizona. Mr. Wisniewski is AV-rated and actively writes and lectures on all aspects of workers’ compensation law. Additionally, he is an active member of the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, the Arizona Association for Justice, and Arizona’s Finest Lawyers, and has been consistently named to Southwest Super Lawyers. Mr. Wisniewski serves on the Board of Directors for Kids’ Chance of Arizona.

ACCIDEN T & INJURY LAW SOCIAL SECURI T Y DISABILI T Y

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
JOLEEN K. YOUNGERS

ALMANZAR & YOUNGERS PA

2540 El Paseo Road, Suite D Las Cruces, NM 88001

Tel: 575-541-8000 jyoungers@ay-law.com www.ay-law.com Joleen K. Youngers has practiced as a trial lawyer since 1992 with the law firm of Almanzar & Youngers, P.A., in Santa Fe and Las Cruces, New Mexico. Ms. Youngers represents plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful death la wsuits. She also represents persons whose civil rights have been violated, those retaliated against after reporting wrongdoing by government officials and agencies, and victims of police misconduct, sexual abuse, discrimination, and harassment. Ms. Youngers also has a Santa Fe office located at 128 Grant Avenue, Suite 128, Santa Fe, NM 87501

Tel: 505-580-0108.

WRONGFUL DEATH CIVIL RIGHTS

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAIN TIFF CHRISTOPHER J. ZACHAR

ZACHAR LAW FIRM, P.C.

707 East Northern Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85020

Tel: 602-494-4800

Fax: 602-494-3320 czachar@zacharlaw.com www.zacharassociates.com Christopher Zachar of Zachar Law Firm has been practicing injury and trial law in Arizona since 1992 and is admitted to practice law in all city, county, and state courts in Arizona as well as before the United States District Court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and United States Supreme Court. Mr. Zachar is a Certified Specialist in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Law in Arizona. Mr. Zachar has achieved a lifetime member status in the Arizona Association for Justice. His other memberships include past member of the Board of Directors of the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association and member of the American Association for Justice, the Maricopa County Bar Association, and the State Bar of Arizona. His notable verdicts include a $7.8 million wrongful death verdict and a $47 million wrongful death verdict.