Real Estate and Business

Allen and Vern have represented title insurance companies, banks, mortgage companies, corporations, and many-many private individuals. Vern is a licensed real estate broker and represents clients in the sale and purchase of ranches and property for development.

Personal Injury and Accident Cases

Allen and Vern have represented many individual plaintiffs in obtaining legal relief for their injuries. They also have experience in the defense of personal injury claims. They have represented governmental agencies in reviewing, supervising and defending claims brought against the State of New Mexico and its agencies and departments and the Counties in New Mexico. This included medical and hospital malpractice claims. They have also represented or supervised the defense of claims involving other public entities. They have years of experience in medical malpractice claims, automobile accident claims, and many other types of personal injury cases.

Governmental Entities

As special counsel, they have represented the State Highway Department, the New Mexico Association of Counties and most individual counties and municipalities in New Mexico in environmental issues, the New Mexico Health and Human Services Division. They represented the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District as general counsel.

The firm currently serves as County Attorney for Hidalgo County. Allen has previously served in that position for over 8 years. Allen served as a Deputy District Attorney for 10 years prosecuting criminal cases ranging from homicide to juvenile offenses. During that time he served as liaison between the Sixth Judicial District Attorneys office and the New Mexico High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Board of Directors and was elected a member of the New Mexico HIDTA Region VII Board. He also served as Chair of the Southwestern New Mexico Drug Task Force Board of Directors for 10 years

Mediator and Arbitrator

Vern has mediated or arbitrated hundreds of cases. These include construction cases, probate and family feuds, personal injury cases, political squabbles, real estate matters and you name it.

Representative Clients represented and Matters handled

Following is a partial list of clients Allen and Vern have represented
or matters they have handled

a) Many individual clients in estate planning, contract cases, real estate matters, and many other areas of law

b) The State of New Mexico Risk Management Division, both as defense counsel and as consultant and a member of the claims committee. (4 years)

c) The State Highway Department on various contract and construction litigations.

d) The New Mexico Human Services Division as contract counsel in major litigation involving the ACLU.

e) Every county and most municipalities in New Mexico through the Association of Counties and the Municipal league in complex environmental litigation and in civil rights and tort claims cases.

f) Banks in real estate matters and loan foreclosures.

g) School districts in personnel matters and private schools as general counsel.

h) The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, (4 years) as general counsel handling water matters and other civil legal issues.

i) Several water development and irrigation districts in their organization as well as in litigation.

j) The Acoma Indian Tribe in water rights issues and litigation.

k) Builders and contractors in contracts, personnel matters, zoning and building issues, etc.

l) Several Title Companies and New Mexico counsel for one.

m) The Federal Deposit Insurance Company as New Mexico Counsel.

n) Corporations and entities in their formation as well as general counsel.