These esteemed attorneys are trial practice experts that have been or will be faculty in presentations of the Question Spectrum Workshop.
Michael L. Stout is a criminal law specialist in private practice in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He is a frequent lecturer and educator on jury selection, trial skills, eyewitness identification, and various other legal issues. He has conducted seminars and workshops in virtually every state and has worked and lobbied to ensure the fair operation of the legal system.
Randi McGinn is one of the country’s leading trial lawyers, having represented thousands of men and women in her 40 years of practice and having tried to verdict over 130 civil and criminal cases – everything from trucking collisions to workplace violence to medical malpractice to products liability lawsuits.Having started out as a journalist, Randi McGinn is a consummate storyteller. From the pile of facts that is your case, she reaches in and pulls out the beating heart of your story.
Lee R. Hunt is a trial attorney practicing personal injury law, including wrongful death, catastrophic injury and medical malpractice. Lee has worked hard to continually present complicated cases to juries in New Mexico. He has tried many cases throughout the state, in both State and Federal Court, and has received many favorable results for his clients. In the last two years, Lee has had over $100,000,000 in jury verdicts on cases with low offers going into trial. Lee credits much of the results to connections made with the clients before trial and with jurors during voir dire. Lee has worked with many different teachers on trial techniques and believes that the work put in voir dire carries over to every aspect of trials. Frequent lecturer on trial techniques, including voir dire, opening and on general trial tactics.
Peter Schoenburg is a partner in the Albuquerque office of Rothstein Donatelli, LLP. eter specializes in complex criminal defense work in both federal and state courts. He is also a veteran trial advocacy teacher and taught Evidence and Trial practice at the University of New Mexico School of Law for 15 years.
Joleen Youngers is a civil trial lawyer with Youngers Law, PA. In addition to her litigation practice, she is a member of the Board of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers and is Co-Chair of the Annual Tort Update. Beyond litigation, Ms. Youngers also frequently teaches trial advocacy and Continuing Legal Education courses. She has taught for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and has often served as an adjunct professor for the University of New Mexico School of Law and the University of San Francisco trial advocacy program.
Raymond Maestas is an experienced trial attorney with decades of experience he puts to work for the Law Offices of the Public Defender.
Heather LeBlanc has been practicing criminal law since 2008. She has dedicated her career to defending the rights of people who find themselves within the criminal justice system. Ms. LeBlanc has served on the board of the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (NMCDLA) and is a recent co-chair of the Education and Professional Improvement Committee, which oversees the organization’s training curriculum for attorneys statewide. Ms. LeBlanc has trained attorneys throughout the state on a multitude of topics. She has also taught at the UNM School of Law as an adjunct professor in both the Criminal Law in Practice course and the Evidence and Trial Practice course.
Megan Dorsey is an associate attorney at Rothstein-Donatelli. Her current practice focuses on state and federal criminal defense and civil rights litigation. Ms. Dorsey previously worked as an associate at Egolf, Ferlic, Martinez, & Harwood where she litigated a variety of criminal and civil cases. Ms. Dorsey has also worked as a policy analyst for the Speaker of the House during past legislative sessions, and as an attorney for the Law Office of the Public Defender, litigating hundreds of cases with charges ranging from traffic misdemeanors to homicide, trafficking and white-collar crimes.
Wendy York worked at the Santa Fe Public Defender and then entered private practice, focusing on criminal and civil litigation. She also taught torts, criminal law, criminal procedure and trial practice. From 1997 until 2005, she sat as a District Court Judge in the Civil Division. She received the Outstanding Judge of the Year from the Albuquerque Bar Association and the Power and Caring Award from the Women’s Bar Association. Ms. York has worked as a mediator, special master and arbitrator. She has also helped lawyers prepare witnesses for trial. She is also a sought after speaker and trainer both locally and nationally.