Rachel Berenson

Rachel Berenson

Attorney and Founding Member

Location:

415 6th street NW,
ABQ, NM 87102

phone

phone: (505) 243-4400

Email me

Introduction

• Personal Injury, wrongful death, Medical Malpractice, Nursing home negligence and abuse.
• We handle all types of automobile accidents including trucking, motorcycle, pedestrian versus car, drunk driving. We handle all types of medical negligence and medical malpractice, nursing home medical negligence resulting in falls, pressure ulcers, medication error resulting in harm, chocking and mis diagnosis resulting hospitalizations or death.
• My goal is to get to know every client and all of the history including how and what happened.
• I am a former prosecutor and have tried many of cases, I have been practicing for 29 years, I have  been certified as an accident reconstructionist.
• Clients can expect that I will treat them and their families like they are my own. I want to do the very best that I can for each and every client.
• I am married with one beautiful daughter who is currently in nursing school. I have a twin sister and an older brother and we are all very close.  I have a wonderful sweet lab and two loving kitties and one appaloosa horse named Annie.
• I love to bike and exercise, I enjoy fly fishing and hiking and traveling.
• Horseback riding, fly fishing and playing piano

Notable Case Results

• Trucking accident resulting in permanent back injuries – 990K
• Nursing home negligent resulting in permanent Ileostomy – 4.6 million
• Nursing home abuse resulting in severe pressure ulcers- 500K’
• Medical malpractice resulting in missed cardiac attack – received cap of $1million 50
• Pedestrian accident resulting in death received policy limit of $100K

Awards & Recognitions

• Super Lawyers 5 years
• Prosecutor in the 2^nd Judicial from 99-2006

Experience Overview

• I have tried many cases in my career
• I am currently working on an appeal to the Court of Appeal
• I have dealt with serious injuries resulting in death working with many different types of experts
• We deal with Insurance disputes where the insurance does not want to pay claims
• We deal with complicated truck accidents, pedestrian accident, motorcycle accidents,

Practice Areas

• Personal Injury
• Medical malpractice
• Nursing home negligence and malpractice
• Trucking accidents
• Dog bites
• Premise liability
• Pedestrian accidents
• Bicycle accidents
• Motorcycle accidents
• Cases against CYFD resulting in injured children
• Wrongful death
• Sexual assault
• Tort claims

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota 1997
• New Mexico 1998
• New Mexico District courts 2006
• [US court of appeal 2026

Education

• [Law School], J.D. (- Hamline School of Law)
• [College], B.A- Lews & Clark college BA with minor in Spanish)

Certified Legal Specialties

• At Scene Crash Investigation
• Car Accident Reconstruction

Professional Memberships

• New Mexico Trial Lawyers association
• ACLU Board Member

Media Appearances or Interviews

• Television news
• Local or national newspapers
• Podcasts
• Radio interviews
• Online articles
• Legal commentary

Community Involvement

• ACLU Board
• Board President ( three years) and governing council member for Amy Beihl for over 11 years