Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in Albuquerque, NM

Focusing his practice exclusively on civil litigation, H. Jesse Jacobus, III, is an attorney with Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he focuses part of his practice on personal injury and wrongful death litigation, representing clients throughout the state who have incurred economic and noneconomic losses due to the negligence or recklessness of other persons or entities. The types of cases that Mr. Jacobus has been involved in have included truck and other motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, nursing home and other elder abuse, workplace injuries, and defective products. In this regard, he has been able to obtain numerous sizable settlements and jury awards on behalf of his plaintiff clients, and he has been named as one of the Top 10 Personal Injury Attorneys Under Age 40 in New Mexico by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys.

Mr. Jacobus also has an employment law practice, in which he provides advice and counsel to past, current and prospective employees in claims regarding wrongful termination, whistleblower retaliation, sexual harassment and unlawful workplace discrimination. His fellow attorneys have taken notice of his successes and outstanding ethics, and they have awarded him an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell and an "Excellent" peer review rating through Avvo.

Fluent in Spanish and a native of New Mexico, Mr. Jacobus attended the University of New Mexico as an undergraduate, where he majored in international business and received a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2000. He obtained his legal education at Chicago-Kent College of Law and was awarded his Juris Doctor in 2003. After spending two years as a law clerk with the New Mexico Court of Appeals, he entered private practice. Mr. Jacobus is admitted to practice in New Mexico and before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.

*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.