Robert Warburton

Robert P. Warburton
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Email: rpw@stelznerlaw.com

Mr. Warburton was born in 1952 in Concordia, Kansas. He graduated with honors from the University of Notre Dame with a major in government in 1975. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as an infantry officer in the United States Army, graduating with honors from the Infantry Officer basic course and U.S. Army Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia. He attended Georgetown University on an Army graduate fellowship, earning a masters degree in Russian Area Studies in 1977. Prior to starting his legal career, Mr. Warburton served four years in Europe as a mechanized infantry platoon leader, company commander and aide-de-camp to the Assistant Division Commander for the Third Infantry Division. After leaving the service, he worked for five years as an Assistant Director of Admissions and International Studies at Central University of Iowa before attending law school. Mr. Warburton earned his J.D. degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1990, again graduating with honors, including Order of the Coif and Phi Kappa Phi.

Mr. Warburton practices primarily in the area of commercial litigation and with an emphasis on insurance coverage, complex litigation, products liability. He is admitted in all of the state district and appellate courts of New Mexico and Wyoming, the United States District Courts of New Mexico and Wyoming, the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. He is also a member of the New Mexico and Wyoming Trial Lawyers Associations, Defense Research Institute, and the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association. Mr. Warburton is available to handle matters at the firm's Albuquerque, New Mexico and Jackson Hole, Wyoming offices.

Mr. Warburton's clients over the past two decades have included individuals, small businesses, medium and large corporations, insurance carriers, non-profits, religious entities, school districts, and various entities and agencies of county and state government. He has developed expertise on a wide range of insurance issues, including environmental, products liability, construction, workers compensation, employment, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, life, health, disability, ERISA, corporate owned life insurance (COLI), Uninsured/Underinsured motorist, property and casualty claims.

Current Employment Position(s):

Shareholder/Director

Areas Of Practice:

Insurance Bad Faith

Insurance Coverage

Complex Commercial Litigation

Products Liability- Asbestos

Construction Defects

Architect Errors & Omissions

Litigation Percentage:

90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

New Mexico, 1990

Wyoming, 1998

U.S. District Court District of New Mexico, 1991

U.S. District Court District of Wyoming, 1999

U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1998

U.S. Supreme Court, 2004

Education:

University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1990

J.D.

Honors: cum laude

Honors: Order of the Coif, Phi Kappa Phi, Wall Street Journal Award

Law Review: New Mexico Law Review, 1988 - 1990  

Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA, 1977

M.A.  Russian Area Studies

Honors: cum laude 
 

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, 1975

B.A. Government

Honors: cum laude

Representative Cases:

Schwartz v. Coastal Physician Group, Inc., 172 F. 3d 63 (10th Cir. 1999)

 

Fought v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am., 379 F.3d 997 (10th Cir. 2004)  cert denied

Representative Clients:

Archdiocese of Santa Fe

Bituminous Casualty Company
Diocese of Gallup

Deming Public Schools

Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc.

Lexington Insurance Co.

Trustmark Life Insurance Co.

Unitrin

Jaynes Corporation

Sandia Corporation

North American Speciality Insurance Company
Los Alamos National Security, LLC

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Insurance Coverage for Employment Lawsuits, New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association, April 14, 2000 - Present

Honors and Awards:

Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award

Professional Associations and Memberships:

New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association

 

Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association, 1998 - Present

 

Defense Research Institute, 1990 - Present

 

American Bar Association, Tort & Insurance Practice Sections, 1990 - Present

 

Teton County Bar Association

Past Employment Positions:

Central University of Iowa, Assistant Director- Admissions/International Studies, 1982 - 1987

 

United States Army, Infantry Officer, 1975 - 1981

Fraternities/Sororities:

Phi Kappa Phi

Birth Information:

December 30, 1952, Concordia, Kansas, United States of America