Robert Charles Gutierrez

Robert C. Gutierrez  was born and raised in New Mexico. After high school he worked as a police aide for the Albuquerque Police Department and as a corrections officer for the City of Albuquerque.  He graduated cum laude form the University of Albuquerque in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science in Criminology.  

Robert then received his Juris Doctorate degree while attending the Univeristy of New Mexico School of Law and was the 1978-1979 receipiant of the American Juris Prudence Award for Criminal Study.  In 1979 he was admitted into the New Mexico Bar and in 1980, to the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico and the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

After law school, Mr. Gutierrez worked for the City of Albuquerque as the assistent city attorney prosecuting hundreds of misdemeanor criminal cases before switching to personal injury and civil litigation. He previously worked the defense side of the table, defending the City of Albuquerque and its employees in tort and civil-rights cases. He represented the Albuquerque Police Department.

In 1983, Bob went to work for a large insurance law firm, where he became a shareholder and director. During 18 years there he developed valuable knowledge of defense strategies in cases involving personal injury and wrongful death, auto accidents, property or premises negligence, oil field accidents, medical malpractice and dental malpractice.

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Bob joined Will Ferguson & Associates in 2001 and now represents persons and families injured or killed by the negligent or wrongful conduct of others. He has tried more than 40 jury trials in New Mexico's state and federal courts. He has been awarded Martindale Hubbell's highest rating of "AV."

Bob is married, has two adult children and two granddaughters. He enjoys time with his family, handyman work, hiking, camping, golf and hitting the road for RV trips.