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Joleen K. Youngers

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Practice Areas:

  • Personal Injury (for the injured)
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents (for the injured)
  • Wrongful Death
  • Employment Law (for employers and employees)
  • Civil Rights (for the victim)
  • Discrimination (for the victim)
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Premises Liability (for the injured)
  • Negligent Security
  • Professional Malpractice Law
  • Food Poisoning
  • Dog Bites
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Contracts

Education

  • University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, New Mexico
    • J.D. - 1992
    • Honors: Tort Scholar Award
  • New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
    • M.A. - 12/1988
  • University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
    • B.A. - 12/1983
    • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
    • Honors: Graduated with High Distinction

Bar Admissions

  • New Mexico, 1992
  • U.S. District Court District of New Mexico, 1992

Classes & Seminars

  • People's Law School, Dona Ana Branch Community College, 1994 to 1995
  • Taking and Defending Depositions, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 05/16/2002 to 05/18/2002
  • Gender Claims in the Workplace, State Bar Legal Assistants Division, 09/19/2002
  • National Trial Skills Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 07/12/2003 to 07/19/2003
  • Employment Law in New Mexico, Lorman Educational Services, 08/27/2004 to 08/27/2004
  • Southwest Regional Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 05/15/2005
  • Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 10/15/2005 to 10/23/2005
  • Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 01/26/2006 to 01/28/2006
  • Southwest Deposition Skills Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 05/04/2006 to 05/06/2006
  • National Trial Skills Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 07/16/2006 to 07/22/2006
  • Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination: Ethics, Paralegal Division of New Mexico, 11/11/2006
  • Every Lawyer’s Professionalism and Ethics, New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, 11/17/2006
  • Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 01/18/2007 to 01/20/2007
  • Southwest Deposition Skills Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 05/17/2007 to 05/19/2007
  • Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 10/31/2008 to 11/03/2008
  • Professionalism and Ethics for Every Lawyer, New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, 11/21/2008
  • Annual Update on New Mexico Tort Law (Presentation on Tort Claims vs. Government), New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, 04/24/2009
  • Section 1983 Litigation in the 21st Century , American Civil Liberties Union , 09/25/2009
  • Pacific Regional Trial Skills, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 10/31/2009 to 11/04/2009
  • Taking and Defending Depositions, University of New Mexico , 03/05/2010 to 03/07/2010
  • Northwest Deposition Skills, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 08/10/2010 to 08/12/2010
  • Pacific Regional Trial Skills, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 10/22/2010 to 10/28/2010
  • 15th Annual Civil Trial Seminar (Employment Law Presentation), El Paso Bar Association, 02/18/2011

Fraternities or Sororities

  • Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Associations

  • American Association for Justice
  • National Employment Lawyers Association
  • American Bar Association
  • New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association
  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • New Mexico State Bar Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee

Current Employment Position

  • Partner
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