Black and white santa fe, new mexico

PRACTICE AREA

Catastrophic Injury & Products Liability Defense

Complex claims demand a deeper perspective.

Our firm defends ski areas, recreational facilities, product manufacturers, and insurance carriers in catastrophic and complex personal injury and death litigation. When a catastrophic injury claim threatens not just a judgment, but the reputation, operations, and future of the enterprise, our clients turn to us.


OUR EXPERIENCE

Ski, Resort, and Recreational Facility Defense

Chairlift and gondola incidents, terrain park and on-mountain accidents, equipment failure claims, and the assumption-of-risk and statutory defenses unique to skiing and recreational liability laws.


Design and manufacturing defect claims, failure-to-warn allegations, and single-incident and mass tort exposure, supported by rigorous engineering, biomechanical, and human-factors analysis.

Product Liability Defense


Catastrophic Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Defense

Traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and other high-risk claims requiring command of complex legal, medical causation, and damages issues.


Bad faith, insurance practices, and related coverage claims, coverage-sensitive defense, and litigation strategy built around long-term exposure management.

Insurance Industry Representation

Technical rigor.
Real-world results.

We combine the technical rigor demanded by science-heavy defense work with creative vision - anticipating plaintiffs' theories before they're filed, building the record early, and crafting defense narratives that resonate with judges and juries. Our clients don't come to us for routine defense. They come to us when the outcome matters most, and they need lawyers who will out-prepare, out-think, and out-try the other side.

THE ATTORNEYS BEHIND THE WORK

Kurt Gilbert Litigation Attorney

Kurt Gilbert

Partner

Elizabeth Sanderson Attorney

Elizabeth Sanderson

Associate Attorney

Alton Smith Attorney

Alton Smith

Associate Attorney

David Lynn Attorney

David Lynn

Associate Attorney