Brian Branch

Albuquerque, NM38 years experienceAdmitted 1987

About Brian Branch

Brian K. Branch is Of Counsel at The Davis Kelin Law Firm and operates his own Law Office of Brian K. Branch in Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1997. He specializes in personal injury, products liability, professional malpractice, and insurance bad faith matters.

Branch earned his Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1987 and his Bachelor of Arts from Coe College in 1982. He is admitted to the State Bar of New Mexico (1987), the State Bar of Colorado (1995), the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico (1988), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (1988), and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2000).

An Albuquerque native, Branch's litigation experience includes over 40 jury trials and over 75 non-jury trials. He holds an AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, is a Fellow of the New Mexico Bar Foundation, and has been selected to Super Lawyers (2013-2014, 2017-2026).

Proven verdicts and settlements at Davis Kelin Law Firm LLC

These results are credited to Davis Kelin Law Firm LLC. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$52 millionVerdictTop 20 in New Mexico · #8

An Albuquerque jury awarded $52 million in punitive damages against Professional Underwriters Liability Insurance Company after finding the insurer deliberately concealed notice of patient deaths and then refused to defend the physician it had covered.

Albuquerque / New Mexico Second Judicial District Court (D-202-CV-2016-04582) · 2023Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$5.5 millionSettlementTop 20 in New Mexico · #17

New Mexico's child welfare agency agreed to a $5.5 million federal civil rights settlement after caseworkers placed an eight-year-old girl with her father, who then beat her to death, despite a documented history of abuse allegations against him.

U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico (federal) · 2024Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$439,000Settlement

Davis Kelin Law Firm secured a $439,000 settlement for the widow of Scott Pierce, killed by serial killer Clifton Bloomfield in 2008 after Albuquerque police failed to arrest Bloomfield for two prior murders and multiple probation violations.

Albuquerque, NM · 2012Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Coe College
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New Mexico, admitted 1987
State Bar of Colorado, admitted 1995
State Bar of U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico, admitted 1988
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, admitted 1988
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, admitted 2000
New Mexico Bar Foundation (Fellow)

Awards & recognition

Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
Super Lawyers (2013-2014, 2017-2026)

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$67.3 Million Verdict After Cardiologist and Device Maker Conspired to Implant Unnecessary Pacemakers
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$485 Million Verdict Against Acadia Healthcare in Foster Care Abuse Case
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$73.2 million · Santa Fe Jury Awards $73.2 Million After OB/GYN Negligence Left Newborn Brain-Damaged at Birth
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$5.4 Million Verdict for Widow of Man Killed in FedEx Ground Crash on I-40
The Crecca Law Firm
The Crecca Law Firm
$4.9 Million Settlement After CYFD Failed to Protect 4-Year-Old Despite Documented Abuse

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.