Kathy Love - Albuquerque, NM
Attorney at McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA
Wrongful Death Lawyers in Albuquerque, NM
201 Broadway Blvd SE Albuquerque, NM 87102
- Free Consultation
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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31
Years
Experience
Albuquerque Wrongful Death Lawyer
Updated: 06/11/2026
Areas of Practice
- Wrongful Death
- Truck Accidents
- Medical Malpractice
- Product Liability
- Premises Liability and Victims of Crime and Violence
- Industrial Catastrophes
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Injuries
- Nursing Home Neglect
- Civil Rights Violations
- Appellate Court Decisions
Attorney Information
Overview
Kathy is driven to help people during the most vulnerable times of their lives—after the loss of a loved one or a catastrophic injury that permanently changes the course of their future. Every client who comes to her for help does so for two reasons: 1) so that their tragedy was not in vain, and 2) to make the community safer so that other families do not needlessly suffer in the future. It is her honor to support her clients through their grief and fight for systemic changes that will prevent similar tragedies from happening in the future. No matter how big or rich a company she goes up against, she will fight for change that makes New Mexico families safer and more secure.
In her more than 20 years practicing law, she has made valuable contributions to her community as well as her clients. Kathy began her legal career as an Assistant Public Defender fighting for individuals’ constitutional rights and promoting all individuals’ rights to effective counsel. Since entering private practice, she has helped many injury victims and their loved ones find justice and compensation after facing a tragedy. She works toward these same goals in her community activism and through her professional associations. Kathy recognizes that today’s youth are caring, innovative and hold the key to our future, so she dedicates much of her time and energy toward mentoring young people interested in the legal system and community activism. She contributes her time and energy to worthy pro bono cases such as representing young women subjected to domestic abuse, standing up against racist organizations and protecting our electorate.
With her deep compassion and proven skill as an advocate, Kathy is an attorney you want on your side during a difficult fight. Her impact can be seen directly in the results she has gotten for her clients. In 2014, she and her firm earned a $67.3-million verdict in 2014 against Biotronik for offering kickbacks to a doctor for implant a pacemaker into a patient who did not need it. The 23 other people who were also defrauded into pacemaker implant procedures by the same company and doctor obtained settlements shortly after the verdict.
She will work and fight hard to prove her clients’ cases. Kathy has been seen wearing a hard hat, investigating a copper smelting plant, testing faulty heaters (with safety precautions in place) that had caused numerous deaths, investigating dangerous roadways and the scenes of accidents and crimes, and interviewing witnesses all around New Mexico. The one consistent thread in all her cases is that she puts herself in the shoes of the people who were wronged and battles the corporate or government wrongdoers until justice is done.
Even when she’s not at work, Kathy’s strong sense of justice drives her. She has served on multiple boards of directors for organizations like the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, which she co-founded around a campfire with like-minded wilderness lovers and which now has a staff of almost 20, hundreds of members, a nearly $2 million budget and has protected nearly 2 million acres of public land. She was President of NARAL Pro-Choice New Mexico, and served on the boards of Equal Access for Justice, the New Mexico Innocence and Justice Project, and other charitable and professional groups. When help is needed, she is among the first to step forward. Her work demonstrates the depth of her commitment to helping her community and those around her.
When she isn’t fighting for justice in the courtroom or giving back to the community through charitable and professional organizations, Kathy is focused on her first love, her family. She likes to dance with her son, backpack in the wild of New Mexico, travel the world, read, learn new things, and meet people with different backgrounds and experiences than her own.
Awards and Honors
Awards
Honors
- ACLU Guardians of Liberty Award
- AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- AV Preeminent Rated, Judicial Edition, Martindale-Hubbell
- Martindale-Hubbell High Ethical Standards Rating
- Best Lawyers in America®: 2013 – Present
- Best Lawyers in America® Lawyer of the Year: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Albuquerque: 2017
- Southwest Super Lawyers®: 2014 – 2024
- 500 Best Lawyers in the US, Lawdragon 500
Other Sources of Feedback About Kathy Love
Included on the 2026 Southwest Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Southwest Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Southwest Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Southwest Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Southwest Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Southwest Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Southwest Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Southwest Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Southwest Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Southwest Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Southwest Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Southwest Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Southwest Super Lawyers list
Education
Legal Education
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DePaul University College of Law,
Chicago,
Illinois, 1995
J.D. -
University of New Mexico School of Law,
Albuquerque,
New Mexico, 1995
Visiting Law Student
Non Legal Education
- Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana
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Ball State University,
Muncie,
Indiana, 1991
B.S.
Major: Political Science
Major: Telecommunications
Major: Journalism - National Criminal Defense College, Macon, Georgia, 2001
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Past Positions
- State of New Mexico, Public Defender Department, Metro and Felony Divisions, Assistant Public Defender, 1997 - 2000
Classes and Seminars
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Former Adjunct Professor, Evidence and Trial Practice, University of New Mexico School of Law
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Mentor, Albuquerque Public Schools, Career Enrichment Center
- Presenter at Professional Association Seminars
Pro Bono Activities
- New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, Board of Directors, Member, 1997 - 1998, 2002 - 2006
- NARAL Pro Choice New Mexico, Board of Directors, President, 2005 - 2007
- NARAL Pro Choice America, Board of Directors, 2003 - 2005
- Equal Access for Justice, Board Member, 2014 - 2016
- EMERGE New Mexico, Former Board Member
- New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, Founding Member
- New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, Board of Directors, Secretary, 2004 - 2006
- NARAL Pro Choice New Mexico, Board of Directors, Member, 2003 - 2007
- NARAL Pro Choice America, Board of Directors, Member, 2005 - 2007
- Power Pac, Board of Directors, Member
- Power Pac, Board of Directors, President
- Little League Team Mom
Published Works
Articles
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Columnist, “Record on Appeal”, New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association Journal
Bar Admissions
- New Mexico
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court District of New Mexico
Other Affiliations
- New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, 2015 - 2016 (President)
- New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors, 2004 - Present
- New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, Secretary, 2011 - 2012
- American Association for Justice, Board of Governors, 2013 - Present
- American Association for Justice, Member
- New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Former Member
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Former Member
- Equal Access to Justice, former Board Member
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Contact
201 Broadway Blvd SE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone Number: 505-819-0497
Fax Number: 505-242-8227
Email: Send a message
Hours: Monday-Friday: 8:30am - 5:30pm, Saturday-Sunday: Closed
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