Background
Culbert, Peter V. was born on July 27, 1944 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of Robert William and Dorothy Fairfax (Kift) Culbert.
Culbert, Peter V. was born on July 27, 1944 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of Robert William and Dorothy Fairfax (Kift) Culbert.
Cornell University (Bachelor of Arts, 1966). State University of New York (Master of Arts, 1969). University of New Mexico (Juris Doctor, 1977).
Spoken languages: Spanish.
Den-Gar Enterprises v. Romero, 94 New Mexico 425, 611 P.2d 1119 (Ct.App. 1980); Aranda v. Doctorate.A.&South. 011 Well Servicing Incorporated., 98 New Mexico 217, 647 P.2d 419 (Ct.App. 1982); Porter v. Ortiz, 100 New Mexico 58, 665 P.2d 1149 (Ct.App. 1983); Chavez v. Singer, 698 F.2d 420 (10th Circuit, New Mexico, 1983); Trujillo v. Sonic Drive-In/Merritt,-New Mexico-, 924 P.2d 1371 (Ct.App. 1996).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, 1977, New Mexico.
United States.
District Court, District of New Mexico and United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Member of Staff, New Mexico Law Review, Natural Resources Journal, 1976-1977.
Processing Editor, New Mexico Law Review, 1976-1977.
Law Clerk to Honorary Mack Easley, Supreme Court of New Mexico, 1977-1978. Member: First Judicial District and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of New Mexico. New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
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 of advisory board, legal counsel Desert Chorale, Santa Fe, since 1991, board directors, 1986-1991. Member American Bar Association, ATLA, New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, Canyon Association, Alpha DeltaPhi.
Married Elizabeth Tamara Spagnola, July 12, 1980. Children: Michael, Daniel, Robert, David, William.