Leslie McCarthy Apodaca

Education

	University of Arizona College of Law (J.D., with high distinction, 1982; Order of the Coif)
	Université de Grenoble , France (Certificat Pratique de la Langue Française, 1979)
	University of New Mexico (B.A., with highest honors, 1978; Phi Beta Kappa)

Professional Experience

Ms. McCarthy Apodaca is a director in the Albuquerque office practicing in the firm’s Complex and High Risk Litigation Practice Group. Her practice emphasizes complex litigation matters, including class actions, antitrust, computer software litigation and business disputes. Ms. McCarthy Apodaca has served as defense counsel in a number of nationwide class actions, including serving as New Mexico counsel for a major multi-national corporation in several antitrust cases. She has extensive experience in cases involving the performance of computer operating systems and software.

Bilingual in Spanish, she has represented United States-based manufacturing companies in developing twin plants under Mexico's "maquiladora" program and has experience in representing United States companies seeking to do business in Mexico.

Ms. McCarthy Apodaca also has substantial appellate experience in state and federal courts. She has been certified as an arbitrator (commercial panel) by the American Arbitration Association and is licensed to practice law in Arizona. She has achieved the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for her expertise in commercial litigation.

Languages

	Bilingual in Spanish
	Fluent French
	Conversational Italian

Publications

Treatise: Eminent Domain in Arizona (1st ed. 1991), with R. Kerrick and J. Rice.

Professional Memberships and Activities

	Board of Trustees, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra
	Advisory Board, St. Mary’s School
	State Bars of New Mexico and Arizona
	New Mexico Liaison, Woman Advocate Committee, American Bar Association
	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Tenth Circuits