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Timothy C. Holm

Modrall Sperling
  • Recognized Since:
    2009
  • Recognized in:
    Commercial Litigation
    Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants...
  • Website:
    http://www.modrall.com
  • E-mail:
    timothy.holm@modrall.com
  • Location:
    500 Fourth Street, NW, Suite 1000
    P.O. Box 2168
    Albuquerque, NM 87103
Timothy Holm has more than twenty years of experience in civil litigation.  His practice is focused on class action and mass torts, products liability litigation (including medical devices, pharmaceutical products, dietary supplements, heating and ventilation products, and other products), and consumer protection litigation (UPA, UIPA, FDCPA, FCRA), along with commercial and personal injury litigation.  Timothy also represents contractors in pursuing bid protests against governmental entities.  He is experienced in trials, evidentiary hearings and administrative proceedings.  In addition, he is skilled in pre-trial practice and in obtaining 12(b)(6) dismissals and summary judgments.
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Timothy Holm has more than twenty years of experience in civil litigation.  His practice is focused on class action and mass torts, products liability litigation (including medical devices, pharmaceutical products, dietary supplements, heating and ventilation products, and other products), and consumer protection litigation (UPA, UIPA, FDCPA, FCRA), along with commercial and personal injury litigation.  Timothy also represents contractors in pursuing bid protests against governmental entities.  He is experienced in trials, evidentiary hearings and administrative proceedings.  In addition, he is skilled in pre-trial practice and in obtaining 12(b)(6) dismissals and summary judgments.
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Education:

  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BA, graduated 1984

Bar Admissions:

  • New Mexico, State Bar of New Mexico
  • New Mexico, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
  • New Mexico, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Affiliations:

  • Defense Research Institute - Member
  • International Association of Defense Counsel - Member
  • Local Civil Rules Committee of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico - Member
  • New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association - Member
  • USLAW Network - Contact Partner

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Albuquerque (2018)
  • Railroad Law, Albuquerque (2015)
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Albuquerque (2013)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Railroad Law
 

Awards:

  • Best Lawyers in America® in Mass Tort Litigation, Product Liability Litigation and Railroad Law, 2009-present
  • Benchmark Litigation The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Law Firms and Attorneys, Local Litigation Star, 2013-present
  • Martindale Hubbell AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated
  • Southwest Super Lawyers® (derived from a lawyer survey), 2013-present; Top 25 New Mexico Super Lawyers, 2014
 

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Modrall Sperling
http://www.modrall.com
 
Headquarters
500 Fourth Street, NW, Suite 1000
P.O. Box 2168
Albuquerque, NM 87103
(505) 848.1800
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United States

United States

New Mexico

New Mexico

Santa Fe, NM

123 East Marcy Street, Suite 201

P.O. Box 9318

Santa Fe, NM 87504-9318

United States

(505) 983.2020

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Lawyer Case History

Insurance Defense

  • Successful defense of numerous insurance companies in modal premium and installment fee multi-state class action claims for alleged UPA and UIPA violations, with dismissal of all claims with no award or settlement amount or anything to Plaintiffs' counsel, named Plaintiffs, or the putative class members. See Smoot v. Physicians Life Insurance Company , 2004-NMCA-27, 135 N.M. 265, 87 P.3d 545; and Sanchez v. Progressive.

Pharmaceutical Company Defense

  • Summary judgment in favor of pharmaceutical company in wrongful death case, upheld on appeal, confirming that the discovery rule does not apply to wrongful death actions under the New Mexico wrongful death statute.  See Clark v. Lovelace Health Systems, Inc ., 2004-NMCA-119, 136 N.M. 411, 99 P.3d 232.

Fisher v. NM Dept. of Transporation

  • Successful appeal of denial of bid protest of highway construction company on $40 million project, Fisher v. NMDOT

Railroad Company Defense

  • Summary judgment based on preemption in railroad crossing cases, including the precedential decision of Armijo v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company , 87 F.3d 1188 (10th Cir. 1996).
 
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