Robert E. Hanson

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Tel: (505) 247-4800
Fax: (505) 243-6458
rhanson@peiferlaw.com
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Robert Hanson concentrates his practice on commercial litigation with an emphasis on class actions and insurance coverage matters. Before moving to Albuquerque in 1993, he was with the Los Angeles law firm of Lewis, D’Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard. Robert is a cum laude graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School and received a Master in Public Health degree from Yale University. He has served as a member of the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the State Bar of New Mexico. He is listed in New Mexico's Best Lawyers.
Areas of Practice
Insurance Coverage
Civil Litigation
Education
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, B.A., magna cum laude, 1985
University of Minnesota, J.D., cum laude, 1989
Yale University, M.P.H., 1998
Admitted
1989, California, Central District of California
1992, New Mexico
1994, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico
1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Bar Association Memberships
Albuquerque Bar Association
State Bar of New Mexico
Biography
Recipient, Super Lawyers, 2008-2010
Member: New Mexico Minimum Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1999-2001
New Mexico Health Policy Commission, 1999
Reported Cases
Ideal v. Burlington Res. Oil & Gas Co., 2010-NMSC-22, 233 P.3d 362
Davis v. Devon Energy Corp., 2009-NMSC-48, 147 N.M. 157, 218 P.3d 75
Ferrell v. Allstate Ins. Co., 2008-NMSC-42, 144 N.M. 405, 188 P.3d 1156
Nellis v. Mid-Century Ins. Co., 2007-NMSC-90, 163 P.3d 502
Chevron v. State ex rel. Dep’t of Taxation & Revenue, 2006-NMCA-050, 134 P.2d 785
Enfield v. Old Line Life Ins. Co. of Am., 2004-NMCA-115, 98 P.3d 1048