Albuquerque attorneys Edward Ricco and David Stout were honored at the New Mexico Law Review's 4th Annual Excellence in Jurisprudence Awards Banquet held recently at the University of New Mexico.
The law review, a component of the UNM School of Law, is a student-edited, general legal journal published three times a year.
Justice Gene E. Francini presided at the banquet honoring the two attorneys, both prolific brief writers who have argued extensively before New Mexico as well as federal appellate courts.
Attorney Bruce Hall presented Ricco with his award. Ricco earned his J.D. from UNM in 1980 and has been with Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., since 1981. While in law school, he was lead articles editor for the UNM Natural Resources Journal. He is actively involved in the field of health care law.
Ricco is a UNM adjunct professor of law teaching appellate advocacy. He frequently speaks on appellate practice topics at continuing legal education seminars and has given presentations on health law, legal writing and other law related subjects.
Stout earned his J.D. from UNM in 1982. A partner in Carpenter & Stout, Ltd., since early 2003, he practiced previously with the law firm of Carpenter and Chavez, Ltd., specializing in personal injury, products liability and insurance bad faith. He was president of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, 2002-2003, and editor-in-chief, New Mexico Trial Lawyer, April 1994 to June 2000.
The law review's annual banquet provides recognition to legal professionals who have contributed to shaping jurisprudence through excellence in legal research, reasoning and writing.
When it began publishing in 1971, the mission of the New Mexico Law Review, the only general legal journal in the state, was to serve as a crucible for scholarly discussion of legal issues unique to New Mexico. Since then, the law review has fulfilled that mission by serving as the major outlet for professional and student scholarship on important developments in New Mexico law. With the globalization of the law in recent years, the publication broadened coverage to include scholarship of national and international significance.
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