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About Paul Tellez

Paul G. Tellez provides compassionate legal representation primarily to injured parties in southern New Mexico and far west Texas. He represents personal injury victims in a range of matters including workplace injuries, automobile collisions, slip-and-fall accidents, and other cases arising from the negligence of others. Paul earned his B.A. from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque in 1993 and his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison in 1998, where he served as Managing Editor of the Wisconsin International Law Journal. He has been admitted to practice in New Mexico since 2000, Florida since 2002, and Texas since 2011, and is admitted in multiple federal courts including the U.S. District Courts for the Districts of New Mexico, Northern Florida, and Southern Florida.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$2.2 millionVerdict

A New Mexico jury awarded Jose Sandoval $2.2 million and found Baker Hughes 100% at fault after a pressurized packer tool exploded on a well site, driving a chain tong handle into Sandoval's leg and causing a severe femur fracture.

New Mexico (District Court, affirmed by NM Court of Appeals No. 28,266) · 2009Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Wisconsin Law School
J.D., 1998
University of New Mexico
Undergraduate, 1993

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New Mexico, admitted 2000
State Bar of Florida, admitted 2002
State Bar of Texas, admitted 2011

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