Background
Wentworth, John was born on February 2, 1945 in Albuquerque. Son of Jack and Manya (Norment) Wentworth.
Wentworth, John was born on February 2, 1945 in Albuquerque. Son of Jack and Manya (Norment) Wentworth.
Claremont Men"s College (Bachelor of Science, 1967). Australian National University. University of New Mexico (Juris Doctor, 1970).
Spoken languages: Spanish.
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, 1970, New Mexico, United States.
District Court, District of New Mexico, United States.
Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and United States. Supreme Court.
Author: "Treatise on New Mexico Rules of Evidence," Institute of Public Law, 1983.
Law Clerk to Honorary Paul Tackett, New Mexico Supreme Court, 1970-1971. Deputy District Attorney, First Judicial District, 1971-1972.
Member, Federal Criminal Justice Acting Panel for New Mexico, 1982-1985.
Member: First Judicial District and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. State Bar of New Mexico (Chairman, Trial Practice Section, 1982-1983. Board Member, Criminal Law Section, 1990-1993).
New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association (Treasurer, 1977.
President-Elect, 1978. President, 1979); Inns of Court.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
American Board of Trial Advocates.
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.
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Member, Federal Criminal Justice Acting Panel for New Mexico, 1982-1985. Member: First Judicial District and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. State Bar of New Mexico (Chairman, Trial Practice Section, 1982-1983.
Board Member, Criminal Law Section, 1990-1993).
New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association (Treasurer, 1977. President-Elect, 1978.
President, 1979). Inns of Court. National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
American Board of Trial Advocates.
Married Gretchen Dick, September 17, 1977. 1 child, Nicholas.