Background
Snead, James E. was born on October 21, 1937 in Frederick, Oklahoma, United States.
Snead, James E. was born on October 21, 1937 in Frederick, Oklahoma, United States.
University of New Mexico (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1959). George Washington University (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1963). Order of the Coif; Delta Theta Phi.
Kappa Mu Epsilon.
Sigma Tau. Assistant Patent Editor, The George Washington Law Review, 1962 Assistant Attorney General, State of New Mexico, 1963-1964.
Worked at Jones, Snead, Wertheim, Wentworth & Jaramillo, P.A. (Santa Fe, New Mexico) specializing in General Civil and Criminal Practice including Trials and Appeals in State and Federal Courts. Personal Injury, Products Liability, Corporate, Antitrust, Business, Insurance, Financial Institutions, Real Estate, Family, Estate Planning and Probate, State Taxation, Administrative, Education, Intellectual Property, Motor Carrier Law and Telecommunications. Admitted to the bar, 1963, New Mexico, United States.
District Court, District of New Mexico and United States.
Courts of Appeals, Tenth and Fifth Circuits. Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office. Order of the Coif; Delta Theta Phi.
Kappa Mu Epsilon; Sigma Tau.
Assistant Patent Editor, The George Washington Law Review, 1962-1963. Assistant Attorney General, State of New Mexico, 1963-1964. Member: First Judicial District and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of New Mexico.
Motor Carriers Lawyers Association. The firm of Jones, SNEAD, WERTHEIM, WENTWORTH & JARAMILLO, P.A. (The Jones Firm) was initially founded by O. Russell Jones in 1948.
lieutenant has maintained a general practice handling a wide variety of legal matters ranging from legal problems of individuals to Fortune 500 companies. The firm has handled intellectual property matters for more than 30 years.
In the mid 1980"s, it handled one of the largest antitrust class actions in the history of the State of New Mexico, while also handling one of the largest single plaintiff"s commercial cases in the history of New Mexico.
In the late 1980s, it represented an heir of an internationally renowned artist in a will contest, successfully settling the contest by requiring the transfer of the bulk of that artist"s art to museums and other charitable institutions. In the 1990"s it has handled a number of significant personal injury, wrongful death and product liability suits involving Fortune 500 companies. These matters include Federal "Daubert" hearings.
The scope of its practice includes corporate, business, estate, administrative, real estate law and litigation.
Member: First Judicial District and American Bar Associations. State Bar of New Mexico. Motor Carriers Lawyers Association.