Career Profile

Bob Gutierrez has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible peer review rating for both legal ability and ethical standards. He is a native New Mexican who grew up in the farming valley just north of Albuquerque. <br> <br>From 1972 to 1976, he worked as a police aide and corrections officer for the City of Albuquerque, while he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Criminology. After graduating from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1979, he served as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Albuquerque through 1983. <br> <br>Bob then continued his law career at one of New Mexico’s largest civil defense law firms where he became a partner in 1985 and remained until 2001. While handling defense work he gained extensive litigation and trial experience in both state and federal courts handling all aspects of personal injury litigation, including wrongful death, car accidents, medical negligence, oil field accidents, dental malpractice and legal malpractice. <br> <br>Since leaving from defense work in 2001, Bob has worked exclusively as a plaintiff’s personal injury lawyer at Will Ferguson &amp; Associates. He represents injured persons and their families in claims for wrongful death or personal injury arising out of motor vehicle accidents, motorcycle accidents, medical negligence, oil field accidents, accidents at businesses and legal malpractice.