Sandra L. Beerle

Education

	University of New Mexico School of Law (J.D. magna cum laude, 2002)
	University of New York (B.A. cum laude, 1978)

Professional Experience

Ms. Beerle is an associate in the Albuquerque office where she practices in the Litigation Department’s Health Law section, with a focus on litigation. Her experience also includes general negligence and personal injury defense.

Before joining the firm, Ms. Beerle served a one-year term as a judicial law clerk for New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Pamela B. Minzner. She also served a two-year term as a judicial law clerk for New Mexico Court of Appeals Judge Michael D. Bustamante.

While in law school, Ms. Beerle served as manuscript editor for the New Mexico Law Review. As a law student, she assisted Professor James Ellis in preparing petitioner’s brief to the United States Supreme Court in the case of Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), which ultimately was successful in excluding mentally retarded persons from the death penalty. Upon graduation, Ms. Beerle received honors in Clinical Law and the Freedman, Boyd, Daniels, Goldberg, Hollander, and Cline Prize for Excellence in Criminal Law.

Professional Memberships & Activities

	Order of the Coif, New Mexico Chapter
	American Bar Association – Health Law Section
	State Bar of New Mexico
	Secretary, Board of Directors - Health Law Section
	Young Lawyers Division, Liaison and Health Law Section Representative
	Albuquerque Bar Association
	United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
	Defense Research Institute
	New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association
	Board of Directors, RCI, Inc. (nonprofit organization serving people with special needs)