Dusti Harvey

The principal attorney at the Harvey & Foote Law Firm, Dusti Harvey focuses her practice exclusively on personal injury and wrongful death litigation, with a particular emphasis on nursing home abuse and neglect. Based in Albuquerque, she provides representation to clients throughout New Mexico who have been harmed by the negligence of other persons or entities. Admitted to practice before all New Mexico state courts as well as before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, Ms. Harvey has earned an excellent reputation among her colleagues for the high quality of her work and her superb ethics, as evidenced by her receipt of an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell.

In addition to her nursing home caseload, Ms. Harvey's litigation experience has included matters arising out of medical malpractice, truck and other motor vehicle crashes, railroad accidents, premises liability, and defective medical devices and other products. She has been able to obtain numerous sizable settlements and jury awards on behalf of her clients, and her background also encompasses toxic torts. Prior to becoming a plaintiff's attorney, Ms. Harvey was associated with a defense firm, representing insurance companies in medical malpractice and other civil lawsuits. She was also in-house counsel for a large health care provider for several years.

Ms. Harvey is frequently asked to deliver presentations on nursing home litigation and other topics related to her practice areas before professional and civic groups. Her affiliations have included the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice and the National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform. Ms. Harvey is a 1992 graduate of The University of New Mexico, and she was an editor on the New Mexico Law Review before being awarded her Juris Doctor by The University of New Mexico School of Law in 1996.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.