Justin R. Kaufman

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Partner

Phone

(505) 986-0600
(866) 517-9520
(888) 888-6428

Fax

(505) 986-0632

Justin R. Kaufman is a partner in the Santa Fe, New Mexico office of Heard Robins Cloud & Black LLP. Mr. Kaufman received his B.A. from Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences in 1998. In 2004, he received his J.D., cum laude, from Temple University School of Law, where he served as an editor of the Temple Law Review. Mr. Kaufman also holds an M.B.A. from Temple University's Fox School of Business. From 2004 to 2005 Mr. Kaufman served as Law Clerk to the Hon. Herbert J. Hutton of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Kaufman is licensed to practice law in New Mexico and New York.

Mr. Kaufman's practice involves civil litigation before various state and federal courts in the areas of products liability, environmental, personal injury and commercial litigation. Mr. Kaufman is a member and current president of the First Judicial District Bar Association and a member of the state bar of New Mexico, the state bar of New York, the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association of Justice and has been admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Litigation Percentage:

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

• New York, 2005
• New Mexico, 2005
• U.S. District Court District of New Mexico, 2007
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2005
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2005
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2007

Education:

• Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2004
  J.D.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Law Review: Temple Law Review, 2002 - 2004
• Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1998
  B.A.
  Major: Environmental Science
• Temple University Fox School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2004
  M.B.A.

Published Works:

• Halting the Enron Trainwreck: Using the Bankruptcy Code to Rescue Retirement Plans, 76 Temple Law Review 595, 2003

Past Employment Positions:

• Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin LLP, Associate, 2007 - 2008
• Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, Associate, 2005 - 2007