Erika E. Anderson - Albuquerque, NM

Overview

Erika E. Anderson is the founder and managing partner of the Law Offices of Erika E. Anderson. Ms. Anderson is a civil litigation attorney serving the state of New Mexico with 20 years of experience in the legal field. Erika has achieved outstanding results for clients both at trial and on appeal. Her willingness to take on challenging cases and win has earned her a reputation of success. She forges close bonds with her clients and achieves results for them as she is dedicated to seeking justice for individuals who need someone on their side.

Ms. Anderson is an AV-rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating for legal and ethical excellence, as well as maintained a rating of 10 fromAvvo, the highest rating possible, for several years.She has also been named a SuperLawyer in 2019, 2020, and 2021, and was nominated in 2020 as a top 10 Personal Injury Attornys in New Mexico by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys based in Washington, D.C.. Her firm also maintains a 5-star client rating on several review platforms such as Google.

Ms. Anderson represents individuals in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, general tort liability, discrimination, harassment, employment, civil rights, estate planning and probate. She has excellent litigation skills and has served as lead counsel and co-counsel in numerous trials in State and Federal Court. She has also successfully briefed and argued appeals before the New Mexico Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. In addition, Ms. Anderson has exceptional experience with estate planning and probate issues.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Anderson was a Licensed Professional Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LPCC) and she worked as a counselor for adolescents and their families for four (4) years. Immediately after law school, Anderson clerked for eight (8) judges in the Fifth Judicial District for the state of New Mexico. She then clerked for the Honorable Gene Franchini and the Honorable Richard C. Bosson on the New Mexico Supreme Court. Before founding the Law Offices of Erika E. Anderson in 2015, she worked with several medium-sized firms.

Ms. Anderson is well-respected in the New Mexico legal community. She currenty serves on the Board of Directors for the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association. In addition, she is former President of the New Mexico State Bar, former Chair of the American Bar Association Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section Trial Techniques Committee, and former President of the New Mexico Women's Bar Association. She also taught several classes as an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law including Evidence and Trail Practice and Defending and Taking Depositions.