Jeffrey M. Croasdell
Director
Phone: (505) 766-7563
Email: jcroasdell@rodey.com
Practice Areas
Mr. Croasdell is a Director in the Albuquerque office and a member of the Products/General Liability practice group. Having litigated jury and non-jury cases at all levels of state and federal courts in New Mexico, he has significant trial experience as part of his current practice in the Products Liability, Aviation, Medical Device, General Litigation and Civil Rights areas. Following law school, Mr. Croasdell clerked for Chief Justice Richard E. Ransom of the New Mexico Supreme Court, and he is authorized to practice in all New Mexico courts, the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Croasdell is a frequent presenter at CLE’s both in New Mexico and outside the state. He also is active in his community as a church leader, youth coach and scout leader.
Mr. Croasdell has been an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law since 2012. Mr. Croasdell teaches a practicum course on Civil Procedure to first-year law students. Beginning with the spring semester of 2018, Mr. Croasdell will teach an expanded version of this course to third-year law students.
Mr. Croasdell has achieved the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating and he is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for his expertise in product liability litigation-defendants, personal injury litigation-defendants, mass tort/class actions-defendants, transportation law, aviation law, and medical malpractice law-defendants. Croasdell was most recently recognized by Best Lawyers® as the 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” for Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants. He was named 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” for Transportation Law, 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” for Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants. Mr. Croasdell was named Albuquerque Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants Lawyer of the Year for 2019 and 2020, Albuquerque Product Liability Litigation-Defendants Lawyer of the Year-2020 and Albuquerque Transportation Law Lawyer of the Year-2016 by The Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Croasdell is also listed in Benchmark Litigation-The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys for his experience and expertise in products liability, general commercial litigation and aviation law and in Southwest Super Lawyers for his expertise and experience in Personal Injury Defense: Products. In 2017 Mr. Croasdell was named to the list of the Top 25 Lawyers in New Mexico, by Southwest Super Lawyers. Finally, Mr. Croasdell is listed in Chambers USA-America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for his experience and expertise in Litigation: General Commercial.
Mr. Croasdell was selected by New Mexico Business Weekly as one of New Mexico’s “Best of the Bar” for 2011.
- State Bar of New Mexico
- Member of PLAC
- Defense Research Institute
- American Bar Association
- Albuquerque Bar Association
- New Mexico Federal Bar Association
- New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association
- American Association of Justice
- Co-Chair, University of New Mexico Writing Competition
- University of New Mexico, (J.D., cum laude, 1993)
- University of California, San Diego, (B.A., Political Science, 1990)
New Mexico Chapter, Product Liability Compendium: Warnings, Instructions and Recalls, DRI Defense Library Series (2018) (pending)
Personal Jurisdiction Challenges, American Conference Institute’s 10th Annual Advanced Summit on Defending and Managing Automotive Product Liability Litigation (June 2017)
Overcoming the Increasing Use of Reptile Theory as a Trial Tactic Used for the Jury, American Conference Institute’s 9th Annual Advanced Forum on Defending and Managing Automotive Product Liability Litigation (June 2016)
Expert Witnesses: Using New Mexico Court Rules to Your Advantage, National Business Institute CLE (December 2015)
New Mexico Chapter, DRI Summary of Child Product Liability Law for the United States and Canada, DRI Defense Library Series (Sept. 2015)
Practical Pointers on Experts: Effectively Cross-Examining Plaintiff’s Expert, Sharing Defense Experts, and Developing Qualified Newer Experts American Conference Institute’s 8th Annual Advanced Forum on Defending and Managing Automotive Product Liability Litigation (June 2015)
Preparing and Defending Daubert Challenges and Creating the Right Strategy to Effectively Cross-Examine Your Adversary’s Expert, American Conference Institute’s 6th Annual Advanced Forum on Defending and Managing Automotive Product Liability Litigation (June 2013)
Preparing and Defending Daubert Challenges and Creating the Right Defense Strategy to Effectively Cross-Examine Plaintiff’s Expert, American Conference Institute’s 5th Annual Advanced Forum on Defending and Managing Automotive Product Liability Litigation (June 2012)
Co-Author, The DRI Product Liability Compendium: Warnings, Instructions, and Recalls (October 2012)
Runaway Awards: Minimizing the Risk of Punitive Damages Exposure, American Conference Institute’s 4th Annual Advanced Forum on Defending and Managing Automotive Product Liability Litigation (June 2011)
Overcoming Sympathy for Plaintiffs and Bias Against Manufacturers, American Conference Institute’s 3rd Annual Advanced Forum on Defending and Managing Automotive Product Liability Litigation (September 2010)
New Mexico Chapter, DRI Punitive Damage Compendium, DRI Defense Library Series (2009)
Jury Communication and Advocacy: Using Themes, Telling a Detailed Story, and Overcoming Sympathy for Plaintiffs and Bias Against Manufacturers, American Conference Institute’s Premier Forum on Defending and Managing Automotive Product Liability Litigation (October 2008)
Evidence and Expert Testimony Best Practices: Supporting Your Case, National Business Institute CLE (December 2008)
Evidence and Expert Testimony Best Practices: Supporting Your Case, National Business Institute CLE (December 2007)
Countdown to Trial: A Crash Course in Trial Preparation for Paralegal, Institute for Paralegal Education (November 2007)
Failure to Warn Compendium – New Mexico, DRI Defense Library Series (October 2007)
A Lawyer, A Doctor, and An Engineer: Ethical Considerations for Engineers, New Mexico Society of Professional Engineers (June 2007)
Admissibility of Evidence and Expert Testimony In New Mexico, National Business Institute CLE (December 2006)
Admissibility of Evidence and Expert Testimony in New Mexico, National Business Institute CLE (December 2004)
Evidentiary Issues at Trial: Damages, State Bar of New Mexico Center for Legal Education (December 2004)
Supreme Court Strikes Down Punitive Damage Awards, New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association (May 2003)
Your Witness: Finding, Preparing and Using Your Expert in Federal Court, National Business Institute CLE (April 2003)
Mock Trial, 2002 Bridge the Gap Program (November 2002)
Motions Practice in State Court, 2002 Bridge the Gap Program (November 2002)
Somatization and Secondary Gain Syndrome, 2002 DRI Product Liability Seminar (February 2002)
