Background
Brannen, Jeffrey Richard was born on August 27, 1945 in Tampa, Florida, United States. Son of Jackson Edward and Tobiah M. (Lovitz) Brannen.
Brannen, Jeffrey Richard was born on August 27, 1945 in Tampa, Florida, United States. Son of Jackson Edward and Tobiah M. (Lovitz) Brannen.
University of New Mexico (Bachelor of Arts, 1967. Juris Doctor, 1970). Law Clerk to Justices Daniel A. Sisk and John B. McManus, New Mexico State Supreme Court, 1970.
Worked at Carpenter, Comeau, Maldegen, Nixon & Templeman (Santa Fe, New Mexico) specializing in General Practice and Litigation, State and Federal Courts. Legislative Practice and Administrative, Commercial, Corporation, Banking, Insurance, Environmental, Natural Resources, Probate, Tort, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Products Liability, Water Law and Utility Law. Admitted to the bar, 1970, New Mexico and United States.
District Court, District of New Mexico.
1978, United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and United States. Supreme Court.
Law Clerk to Justices Daniel A. Sisk and John B. McManus, New Mexico State Supreme Court, 1970-1971.
Faculty Member: Hastings Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy, Hastings College of Law, University of California, 1980-1993. Advisory Board, 1990.
Company-Chairman, Personal Injury Institute, 1992.
National Institute Foreign Trial Advocacy, Faculty, Southern Regional, 1984, 1987. Southwestern Regional, 1992. Member: New Mexico Medical Review Commission, 1979-1984.
Defense Research Institute Exceptional Performance Citation, 1990.
Listed in Who"s Who in American Law. Member: State Bar of New Mexico.
American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Antitrust. Litigation; Committee on Manufacturers" Liability Litigation, 1982).
Defense Research Institute.
New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1989-1990). Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (State Chairman). American Board of Trial Advocates.
Founded by Judge Harry L. Bigbee, the firm has concentrated on complex business litigation and energy development for over forty years.
Recently, the firm has continued development of its environmental, insurance, utility transaction and banking practice and integration of non-corporate clients into its general practice. The firm has paralegal support and practices state-wide and beyond.
Member, Commercial Law Affiliates.
Hastings Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy, Hastings College of Law, University of California, 1980-1990. Southern Regional National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Southern Methodist University, 1984, 1987. Member: New Mexico Medical Review Commission, 1984.
Defense Research Institute Exceptional Performance Citation, Member: State Bar of New Mexico.
American Bar Association (Member: Section on Litigation. Committee on Manufacturers’ Liability Litigation, since 1982)- Defense Research Institute.
New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1989-1990). Commercial Litigation, Natural Resources Litigation, Products Liability Litigation.
Married Mary Elizabeth Strand, November 24, 1972. 1 child, Samuel Jackson.