About Ellen Geske

Ellen Geske is a Partner and Trial Lawyer at Davis Kelin Law Firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico, specializing in medical malpractice, legal malpractice, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and insurance bad faith.

Geske earned her Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of New Mexico School of Law and her undergraduate degree from Southern Illinois University, majoring in Political Science with a minor in German Studies. She is admitted to the State Bar of New Mexico.

Before law school, Geske worked as an application/reporting analyst for an ophthalmic practice. She clerked for the Honorable C. Shannon Bacon at the New Mexico Supreme Court and previously practiced at a medical malpractice defense firm. She joined Davis Kelin in January 2023. She serves on the Board of Editors for the New Mexico Trial Lawyer Journal and the New Mexico Women's Bar Association.

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

Southern Illinois University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New Mexico
New Mexico Trial Lawyer Journal - Board of Editors
New Mexico Women's Bar Association

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