JACK BRANT
Civil Litigation

EDUCATION

University of New Mexico School of Law

(J.D., summa cum laude, 1983)

Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A. 1969)

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Before opening his own practice, Jack Brant was a director in the Albuquerque office of Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A.  He practices in the areas of attorney and accountant professional liability, legal ethics and disciplinary consulting and representation, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, and general civil litigation.

 

Jack graduated first in his law school class and was elected a member of the Order of the Coif.  From 1983-1985, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Howard C. Bratton, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

 

Prior to joining the Rodey firm in 1987, Jack was an associate with the firm of Crowell & Moring in Washington, D.C., where he practiced general civil litigation with a concentration in product liability and insurance defense.

 

Jack has achieved an A-V Martindale-Hubbell rating.

 

He is listed in Chambers & Partners-America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2004) in Litigation.  Chambers notes his “natural modesty” and ability to handle complex cases with the “utmost professionalism.”

 

He is listed in Best Lawyers in America for his expertise in legal malpractice law and professional malpractice law and he is listed in Southwest Super Lawyers-2010 for his expertise and experience in Professional Liability: Defense.

 

MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES

State Bar of New Mexico

New Mexico State Bar Lawyers Professional Liability Committee

Former member New Mexico Supreme Court Civil Rules Committee

District of Columbia Bar (Inactive)

American Bar Association

Albuquerque Bar Association

Frequent speaker on risk management, legal ethics and insurance issues for lawyers

Singer and blues harp player in the Mystic Vic Blues Band.

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