Edward Ricco

Mr. Ricco is a director in the Albuquerque office. He has practiced with Rodey since completing a judicial clerkship in 1981.

Mr. Ricco concentrates his practice in appellate law. He has handled appeals in the state and federal courts in a wide variety of legal areas, including civil rights, constitutional law, antitrust, commercial law, torts, administrative law, intellectual property, utility regulation, water law, workers’ compensation and other subjects. Mr. Ricco has briefed more than 175 appeals and presented oral argument more than 40 times in the New Mexico appellate courts and the Tenth Circuit. Since 2004, Mr. Ricco has been a fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.

Mr. Ricco’s practice also includes complex litigation at the trial court level and the representation of hospitals and other institutional health care providers. He has achieved the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating. 

Mr. Ricco is a co-author of the New Mexico practice chapter of the Appellate Practice Compendium, published by the American Bar Association Council of Appellate Lawyers, 2012, and of Q&A on Civil Appeals in New Mexico, published on-line by Practical Law, 2017 (updated periodically).