Mr. Elmore was also named as a Southwest “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, in 2015, 2017-2020, an award given to less than 2.5% of attorneys in Arizona and New Mexico. In 2017, Mr. Elmore also received the “Stirling Award” for the attorney of the year, an award given by the Workers’ Compensation Association.<\/p>\n
Beyond the area of Workers’ Compensation, Mr. Elmore was appointed by Governor Martinez in 2012 through 2019 to the New Mexico Human Rights Commission, where he heard human rights and discrimination claims asserted under the New Mexico Human Rights Act.<\/p>\n
Mr. Elmore is licensed to practice law in New Mexico, Tennessee and Missouri.<\/p>\n
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Jeff Stradling has been working at Elmore Law LLC since 2014. He has successfully defended Employers and Insurers before the New Mexico Workers\u2019 Compensation Administration and New Mexico Court of Appeals for several years. Mr. Stradling has taught ethics, case law updates, and provided additional training to attorneys, adjusters, and other professionals at various CLEs and conferences. He has extensive experience in litigation and settlement negotiations.<\/p>\n
Mr. Stradling graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2015. During law school Mr. Stradling was a Citation and Manuscript Editor for the Natural Resources Journal. He was awarded the distinction of \u201cBest Oralist\u201d at the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition in the preliminary round. Mr. Stradling was also awarded the American Bankruptcy Institute \u201cExcellence in Bankruptcy Studies\u201d award and made the Dean\u2019s List over several semesters.<\/p>\n
During law school, Mr. Stradling interned for Judge Timothy L. Garcia at the New Mexico Court of Appeals; interned for the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, Civil Division in Phoenix, Arizona; clerked for private firms in Albuquerque; was an Arturo L. Jaramillo Law Clerk Fellow; and worked closely with clients at the UNM Business and Tax Clinic. Mr. Stradling was also a member of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and Business Law Society. He also taught high school students budgeting and smart spending as a Financial Literacy Trainer for the Financial Literacy Group at the School of Law. After law school, he also served as a board member and secretary for a bilingual charter school in Rio Rancho for two years.<\/p>\n
Prior to law school, Mr. Stradling attended the University of New Mexico and graduated magna cum laude in 2011 with a double major in History and Spanish. Mr. Stradling is fluent in reading, writing, and conversational Spanish.<\/p>\n
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Austin Martz is a new addition to Elmore Law LLC as of mid-2021. Mr. Martz has a diverse professional background. Before breaking into the legal scene he worked in an array of non-profit fields encompassing everything from grant-writing, youth development, to wildlife conservation. Additionally, during his summers as a law school student, Mr. Martz worked in a variety of legal areas including tax law, criminal law, and constitutional law.<\/p>\n
Mr. Martz began his educational ventures at New Mexico State University where he studied his passion, history, and eventually earned his bachelor\u2019s degree with honors in 2013. Unwilling to leave his beautiful home-state, Mr. Martz chose to remain in the Land of Enchantment and graduated from University of New Mexico School of Law, in May of 2021, where he regularly achieved the honor\u2019s list.<\/p>\n
Mr. Martz is licensed to practice law in New Mexico.<\/p>\n
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We do workers’ compensation. That’s what we do. We don’t dabble in workers’ compensation; it is our primary and only focus. While other firms may handle a workers’ compensation case or two, our focus since the inception of the firm is defending employers and insurers in workers’ compensation matters, and we do it well.<\/p>\n
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While we are all busy people, you are our focus. You are what matters. Absent extenuating circumstances, we aim to respond to any issue or inquiry in 24 hours or less, usually much, much less, often within the hour.<\/p>\n
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Thousands of Cases Resolved<\/h3>\n
With workers’ compensation as our only area of focus and practice, we’ve handled thousands of cases or workers’ compensation matters over the last decade.<\/p>\n
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Christopher Elmore<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nChristopher Elmore's practice is devoted primarily to defending Employers and Insurers in Workers' Compensation matters.\u00a0![\"chris-elmore\"](\"http:\/\/elmorelawnm.com\/mainwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/chris-elmore.jpg\")
Mr. Elmore is a member of the Workers\u2019 Compensation Association and was a featured speaker at the 2013 and 2015 Annual Conferences, discussing primary and secondary psychological impairment claims and effective claim handling techniques. Mr. Elmore is a frequent\u00a0speaker at various CLEs and regularly provides case-law updates, training, and presentations to his clients on evolving areas of the law.<\/p>\r\n
Mr. Elmore graduated\u00a0magna cum laude<\/em>\u00a0from Texas Tech University School of Law. During law school Mr. Elmore was awarded CALI Legal Excellence awards in Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, and Law Practice Technology, and American Jurisprudence awards for Contracts, Criminal Law, Employment Discrimination, and Trial and Appellate Procedure. Mr. Elmore graduated in the top 10% of his class and was awarded membership into the Order of the Coif. Mr. Elmore was also named as a Southwest \"Rising Star\" by Super Lawyers, in 2015, 2017 and 2018, an award given to less than 2.5% of attorneys in Arizona and New Mexico. In 2017, Mr. Elmore also received the \"Stirling Award\" for the attorney of the year, an award given by the Workers' Compensation Association.<\/p>\r\nBeyond the area of Workers' Compensation, Mr. Elmore was appointed by Governor Martinez in 2012 to the New Mexico Human Rights Commission, where he hears human rights and discrimination claims asserted under the New Mexico Human Rights Act. Mr. Elmore is licensed to practice law in New Mexico and Missouri.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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Mr. Elmore is a member of the Workers\u2019 Compensation Association and was a featured speaker at the 2013 and 2015 Annual Conferences, discussing primary and secondary psychological impairment claims and effective claim handling techniques. Mr. Elmore is a frequent\u00a0speaker at various CLEs and regularly provides case-law updates, training, and presentations to his clients on evolving areas of the law.<\/p>\r\nBeyond the area of Workers' Compensation, Mr. Elmore was appointed by Governor Martinez in 2012 to the New Mexico Human Rights Commission, where he hears human rights and discrimination claims asserted under the New Mexico Human Rights Act. Mr. Elmore is licensed to practice law in New Mexico and Missouri.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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<\/a>Jeff Stradling graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2015 and shortly thereafter began working as an attorney for Elmore Law, LLC. During law school Mr. Stradling was a Citation and Manuscript Editor for the Natural Resources Journal and awarded the distinction of \u201cBest Oralist\u201d at the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition held annually in White Plains, New York. During law school, Mr. Stradling interned for the Honorable Judge Timothy L. Garcia at the New Mexico Court of Appeals in Santa Fe, New Mexico, interned for the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, Civil Division in Phoenix, Arizona, clerked for private firms, and worked closely with clients at the Business and Tax Clinic at the University of New Mexico School of Law. While in law school and the clinic, Mr. Stradling was awarded the American Bankruptcy Institute \u201cExcellence in Bankruptcy Studies\u201d award. Mr. Stradling was president of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and actively participated in the Federalist Society and Business Law Society. He also taught students from Amy Biehl High School for several semesters about budgeting and smart spending as a Financial Literacy Trainer for the Financial Literacy Group at the UNM School of Law.\r\n\r\nPrior to law school, Mr. Stradling attended the University of New Mexico and graduated magna cum laude in 2011 with a double major in History and Spanish. Mr. Stradling is fluent in reading, writing, and conversational Spanish. When he is not practicing law, Mr. Stradling enjoys mountain biking, playing soccer, reading, cartooning, watching his favorite sports teams attempt to compete, and spending time with family and friends.\r\n\r\nMr. Stradling is licensed to practice law in New Mexico.","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmorelawnm.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmorelawnm.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmorelawnm.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmorelawnm.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmorelawnm.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":59,"href":"https:\/\/elmorelawnm.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451,"href":"https:\/\/elmorelawnm.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmorelawnm.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmorelawnm.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}