Practice areas: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury; view more
Licensed in New Mexico since: 2014
Education: The University of New Mexico School of Law
Selected to Rising Stars: 2020 - 2025 New Mexico medical malpractice attorney, Thomas Wood, is a partner at his father's law firm, James Wood Law. He currently fights for clients across the entire state of New Mexico, who have either suffered the loss of a loved one or suffered a serious permanent injury as a result of medical malpractice.
Mr. Wood is admitted to practice in New Mexico state courts, as well as before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th circuit.
Prior to studying and practicing law, Mr. Wood received an undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 2008, graduating cum laude, and later completed a master's degree in Theological Studies at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 2011.
In 2014, Mr. Wood graduated cum laude from law the University of New Mexico School of Law, where he served on the New Mexico Law Review's Editorial Board and worked as a teaching assistant for the law school's first-year legal writing class.
After completing law school, Mr. Wood worked for the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender as a deputy state public defender. His experience with the Colorado Public Defender's Office shaped his passion for defending the rights of the underprivileged.
After working as a public defender, Mr. Wood joined his father's firm, where he continues to fight for clients against corporations, hospitals, and insurance companies on behalf of the underprivileged and victims of medical negligence.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - General: PlaintiffFocus areas
Brain Injury, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Wrongful Death
- 90% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
- 10% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2014, New Mexico
Professional Webpage: https://www.albuquerqueinjurylawfirm.com/attorney-profiles/t...
Bar / Professional Activity
- The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
- New Mexico
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Obtained $20 million settlement on behalf of a family whose child suffered a profound and permanent birth injury as a result of labor and delivery providers' failure to perform a caesarian section to prevent the child's catastrophic brain injuries., 2026
- Obtained $1 million settlement in a wrongful-death case in which a hospital failed to diagnose a patient's oral cancer., 2025
- Obtained $3.75 million settlement in a wrongful-death case involving a hospital's failure to anticoagulate a patient who presented to the ED with pulmonary embolism., 2025
- Obtained $2.1 million settlement in a case involving a hospital's failure to properly administer anticoagulation therapy, which caused the patient to have a catastrophic stroke., 2024
- Obtained $23.8 million jury verdict in case involving surgical error, which caused the patient to develop short gut syndrome., 2023
- Obtained $2.9 million settlement in wrongful death case involving failure to timely diagnose a post-surgical complication., 2022
- Obtained $2 million settlement involving a failure to timely diagnose and treat a catastrophic complication of a cardiac ablation procedure., 2022
- Obtained a $1 million settlement involving a woman who presented to a hospital with concerning mental health symptoms, was negligently discharged, and tragically committed suicide the following day., 2022
- Obtained $2.5 million settlement in wrongful death case involving failure to properly treat a heart condition., 2020
- Obtained $1 million settlement in wrongful death case involving a failure to diagnose cancer., 2020
- Obtained a $100,000 jury verdict in a mild traumatic brain injury case, 2016
- Obtained a $180,000 jury verdict in a mild traumatic brain injury case, 2015
Representative Clients
- After a botched routine surgical procedure, Nathaniel Hampton, a 25-year-old Air Force Cadet, had to have the majority of his small bowel removed and a significant portion of his colon, causing short bowel syndrome, a serious, chronic malabsorption disorder. After hearing evidence of the surgeon's negligent surgical procedures, which radically and permanently altered Nathaniel's and his wife Victoria's lives, the jury awarded him $23.8 million in compensatory damages. , 2023
Educational Background
- Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin, Tx. M.A. in Theological Studies, 2011
- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Tx. B.A. in Latin, Honors: cum laude, 2008
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- University of New Mexico School of Law, New Mexico Law Review, Editorial Board
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2020 - 2025
