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Zackeree Kelin

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Founder & Trial Lawyer at Davis Kelin Law Firm LLC
Albuquerque, NM19 years experienceAdmitted 2006

About Zackeree Kelin

Zackeree Sean Kelin is the Founder and Trial Lawyer of Davis Kelin Law Firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His work focuses on medical malpractice, catastrophic injuries, civil rights, insurance bad faith, Indian law, and other complex litigation and personal injury cases.

Kelin earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2005, where he clerked for the Native American Rights Fund and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. He is admitted to the State Bar of New Mexico (2006).

Kelin started his career at DNA-People's Legal Services, the oldest and largest poverty law program in Indian Country, representing indigent clients, tribes, and non-profits before tribal, state, and federal courts. He is recognized as an expert in Indian law. He has been a Super Lawyers selection from 2015-2025 and was selected by the University of Iowa College of Law as the law school's representative on the University of Iowa Alumni Leadership Council.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$52 millionVerdict

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

Practice areas

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New Mexico, admitted 2006

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers (2015-2025)

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