October 2020

Congratulations to DP&S’s Santa Fe Partner, Caren Friedman, who was named a Southwest (New Mexico and Arizona) “Super Lawyer” in the Appellate category for 2020.  This is Caren’s 14th year to be included on this list, and she is one of only five New Mexico attorneys to be included in the Appellate category.

Congratulations to DP&S’s New Mexico partner, Caren Friedman, on her victory in the New Mexico Court of Appeals in a domestic relations appeal.  The Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed the district court’s method of calculating the community’s interest in Husband’s retirement benefits and valuing Wife’s share.  The Court of Appeals also affirmed the district court’s

DP&S is pleased to announce that, once again, its Dallas partners Kirk Pittard, Leighton Durham, Thad Spalding, and Rick Thompson have been named “Super Lawyers” in the Appellate category by Super Lawyers Magazine, a Thomson Reuters publication, for 2020.  Kirk was also named, once again, to the “Top 100” list for Dallas/Fort Worth and–for the

Congratulations to Dana Levy who successfully convinced the Dallas Court of Appeals to reinstate a medical malpractice case that had been dismissed.  On appeal, Dana convinced the court that a cardiologist with hospital administration experience was qualified to opine as to a hospital’s policies and procedures for providing cardiac care.  You can read Dana’s briefing