Montgomery and Andrews Law Firm

Overview

Ms. Corwin Aguilar practices in the areas of medical malpractice, ophthalmic malpractice, long term care facility negligence and general personal injury litigation. She concentrates on representing hospitals in the medical malpractice area, long term care facilities in nursing home negligence cases and eye care professionals in the ophthalmic malpractice area. Ms. Corwin Aguilar has developed trial experience with over a dozen civil and criminal trials over the past 13 years. In addition to her current concentrations, she has represented property owners in commercial litigation, contract disputes and real property cases. She has three reported cases in New Mexico and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ms. Corwin Aguilar is a shareholder with Montgomery & Andrews, P.A. She is admitted to practice in New Mexico, United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

Education

Ms. Corwin Aguilar graduated from Grinnell College in 1985 with a B.A. in Biology. She graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley in 1995. During law school, Ms. Corwin Aguilar was an Associate Editor for the Ecology Law Quarterly and received the Jurisprudence Award for Legal Issues in Biomedical Ethics. She began her legal career with Montgomery & Andrews, P.A. in 1995.

Corwin Aguilar also received a Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) degree in 1989 from UC Berkeley School of Optometry. She is a licensed optometrist in New Mexico and California (inactive). She has developed advanced and continuously updated knowledge of ocular and systemic disease, medical procedures and pharmaceutical agents. Prior to beginning law school in 1992, Corwin Aguilar provided complete vision care as a self-employed doctor of optometry in New Mexico and California. She has maintained an active license in optometry and continues to practice on a limited basis.

Professional Memberships and Activities

American Bar Association, 1995 to present
New Mexico State Bar Association, 1995 to present
New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association, 1996 to present
New Mexico Medical Review Commission, 1999-present
New Mexico Health Policy Commission Task Force on Confidentiality of Medical Records, 2000-2001
State of New Mexico First Judicial District Judicial Selection Committee, 2002
State of New Mexico Supreme Court Rules of Criminal Procedure for the District Courts Committee, 2004-2007

Representative Cases/Transactions

Novak v. University of New Mexico Hospital, Second Judicial District Court, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Myers-Romero v. University of New Mexico Hospital, Second Judicial District Court, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Lucero v. Las Vegas Medical Center, Fourth Judicial District Court, County of San Miguel, New Mexico

Representative Clients

Miners' Colfax Medical Center

New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute

University of New Mexico Hospital

Alta Vista Regional Hospital

New Mexico State Risk Management Division