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Randy S. Bartell
Partner
Overview
Randy represents clients in matters relating to transportation law, public entity tort claims, land use and zoning, construction law, commercial litigation, and employment law, offering thoughtful legal advice with proactive strategies geared toward quick, effective resolutions. He is also experienced in handling insurance coverage matters, employment issues, and civil rights claims.
Within his daily practice, Randy’s clients include companies and individuals involved in administrative proceedings before the Transportation Division of the New Mexico Department of Transportation and other regulatory agencies.
To reinforce his wide breadth of industry experience, Randy is a regular presenter of CLE programs focused on construction law, employment law, and insurance coverage. He is frequently asked to speak on New Mexico mechanics lien law, the New Mexico Subcontractors Fair Practices Act, construction contracts, and the preparation and defense of construction claims.
Credentials
Education
- Loyola Marymount University, 1982 (J.D.)
- Occidental College, 1975 (B.A.)
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
- Handled a challenge to the certificate of authority providing ambulance transportation sustained by New Mexico Supreme Court.
- Handled the protest of contract awards in 2013 under the Centennial Care Program.
- Handled applications for change in rates and charges for ambulance transportation services before the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (now the Transportation Division of the Department of Transportation).
- Handled counterclaims for malicious abuse of contract and tortious interference in breach of contract litigation.
- Handled the appeal of decisions on quiet title and land use claims.
- Secured the summary judgment dismissing all 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims.
- Secured the dismissal of all claims against a sheriff’s department and sheriff dismissed after trial on merits, liability only against individual deputy.
- Obtained judgment for a plaintiff on claims of defective construction and supervision.
- Secured a verdict for defense on claims of violation of the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act. Secured a favorable judgment for defense on all claims of copyright infringement and Unfair Trade Practices Act violations, among others.
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating
- Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation
- Southwest Super Lawyers
- American Bar Association, Health Law Section
- State Bar of New Mexico, Code of Professional Conduct Committee
- American Inns of Court, Oliver Seth Chapter
- Tenth Circuit Judicial Conference