Background
Joseph Dekleva, Michael was born on August 15, 1962 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
Joseph Dekleva, Michael was born on August 15, 1962 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
University of New Mexico (Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing, 1985. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1992).
Worked at Madison, Harbour, Mroz & Brennan, P.A. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trials in all State and Federal Courts. Appeals, Insurance Defense, Commercial, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Workers Compensation Litigation, and Arbitration/Mediation.
Admitted to the bar, 1992, New Mexico.
Order of the Coif. Recipient: Jerrold L. Walden Memorial Award, 1992. American Jurisprudence Awards: Legislative & Administrative Processes, 1990, Civil Procedure I, 1990, Evidence and Trial Practice, 1990, Civil Procedure II, 1991.
Member, New Mexico Law Review, 1990-1991. Survey Editor, New Mexico Law Review, 1991-1992.
Law Clerk, Honorable Joseph F. Baca, New Mexico Supreme Court, 1992-1994.
Author, "Prima Facie Torts in New Mexico," The New Mexico Trial Lawyer, January, 1991. Company-Author: Chapter Six "Speedy Trial," The New Mexico Criminal Practice Manual 6-1 to 6-26 (1st educated 1992); "Criminal Procedure," Survey Article, 21 North.M. L. Review
623 (Summer 1991).
President, Christian Law Students Association, UNM School of Law, 1990-1991. Madison, Harbour & Mroz, P.A. is one of New Mexico"s leading law firms specializing in all aspects of civil litigation. The firm was established in 1991 by six attorneys from one of the state"s largest firms, Montgomery & Andrews, P.A. Individual attorneys within the firm concentrate on, among other areas, contract law, commercial litigation, civil rights and employment law, personal injury, products liability, workers" compensation, general negligence, professional malpractice, insurance law and mediation.
The firm is also listed in Martindale Hubbell"s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
Member, New Mexico Law Review, 1990-1991. Survey Editor, New Mexico Law Review, 1991-1992. Law Clerk, Honorable Joseph F. Baca, New Mexico Supreme Court, 1992-1994.
Author, "Prima Facie Torts in New Mexico," The New Mexico Trial Lawyer, January, 1991.