Margaret Branch | Albuquerque Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Margaret Moses Branch is married to Turner W. Branch, senior partner of the Branch Law Firm. Ms. Branch is the managing partner. She is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and International Women’s Forum, named Woman of the Year in 1995. She serves on the Board of Directors of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association and is currently on the Board of Directors of the Center for Civic Values (Interest on Legal Trust Accounts). She was Chair of the Association of Trial Lawyers Women’s Law Caucus (5,000 members) and was founding President of the New Mexico Women’s Bar Association. She has been a frequent lecturer on Continuing Legal Education programs for attorneys. Ms. Branch has served as Vice-Chair of the Association of Trial Lawyers of the America Tobacco Litigation Group. In her practice, Margaret Moses Branch has been particularly interested in women’s health issues. She has served on the Executive Committee of the Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer ATLA Litigation Group. She was moderator for the National College of Advocacy, Medical-Legal Update Seminar, for the section entitled “Medicine and the Law: Special Issues Facing Women.” Ms. Branch served as a moderator of the ATLA National College of Advocacy, “Litigating Women’s Health Issues”. She has served as counsel in cases that involved failure to diagnose breast cancer, colon cancer, uterine cancer, pancreatitis, leukoplakia, peritonitis, appendicitis, compartment syndrome, aneurysms, pneumonia, meningitis, abruptio placenta, kernicterus, and other illnesses and diseases. She has been involved in cases that addressed issues of surgical negligence, i.e., laminectomies, cholecystectomies, colonoscopies, hernia repairs, and hip replacements. Additionally, she has been involved in cases that dealt with obstetrical issues, i.e., failure to perform timely Caesarean sections, inappropriate radiological procedures, unnecessary hysterectomies, and incomplete abortions.

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of New Mexico School of Law		Law School	N/A

State / Court	Date
Colorado	1998
New Mexico	1978
10th Circuit
U.S. District Court District of New Mexico

• University of New Mexico Graduate Students Association, 1976 – 1977
  Vice President
  University of New Mexico Graduate Students Association, 1977 – 1978
  President
  New Mexico, 1980 – Present
  Real Estate Broker
  National College of Trial Advocacy, University of Washington, 1985
  Member
  Hastings College, Advanced College, Products Liability, 1991
  Member
  State Bar of New Mexico, Committee on Implementation of the Task Force, 1990 – Present
  Recommendations on Women in the Legal Profession, Member
  Second Judicial District, 1991 – Present
  Member, Judicial Selection Committee
  Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1992
  Exec. Committee, Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer Litigation Group
  Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1993 – Present
  Vice Chair, Women Trial Lawyers Caucus
  Breast Implant Multi-District Litigation, MDL 926, 1992 – Present
  Member
  Plaintiffs’ Negotiating Team for Mentor Rule 23 Settlement in MDL 926, 1993
  Co-Chair
  Plaintiffs’ Negotiating Team for Proposed Breast Implant Global, 1993
  Settlement in MDL, Member
  Albuquerque Bar Association
  Member
  State Bar of New Mexico, 1982
  Vice President, Young Lawyers Division
  New Mexico Womens Bar Association, 1990 – 1991
  President
  New Mexico Womens Bar Association, 1990 – Present
  Member, Board of Directors
  New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, 1993
  Member, Board of Directors
  Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1992
  Co-Chair, Membership Task Force
  Albuquerque Lawyers Club
  Member
  Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  Sustaining Member

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