Professional Experience
Ms. Keller is a shareholder and director of the firm. Ms. Keller specializes in the defense of insurance companies in matters involving extra-contractual liability, coverage, and uninsured motorist law. Ms. Keller regularly advises clients on coverage issues and provides both claims counseling and litigation representation in matters in which policy holders seek extra-contractual damages under commercial, personal, professional, umbrella, excess, and surplus lines of insurance. Ms. Keller is an experienced trial attorney who provides representation from the pre-suit claim stage through litigation, trial, and appeal. Ms. Keller began her career as a prosecutor in the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office where she gained invaluable trial experience. Ms. Keller leads the firm’s insurance bad faith/coverage practice group as well as the firm’s appellate practice and legal writing group.
Professional Memberships & Associations
State Bar of New Mexico, 1995
United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, 2000
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2000
Defense Research Institute (DRI)
State Representative for New Mexico (2018)
Member of the Insurance Law Committee
Regional Editor and co-author of multiple DRI State Law Compendium chapters in the insurance bad faith arena
New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association (NMDLA)
Board of Directors and past president (2017)
Board of Editors (12 years) and co-editor-in-chief (6 years) of the Defense News
Federal Bar Association
Education
• Oklahoma City University, J.D., 1995
• University of New Mexico, B.A., 1991
Professional Achievements
Martindale-Hubbell AV-Preeminent Rating
Fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel
Member of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
Listed in Southwest Super Lawyers for expertise and experience in civil defense