Esteban A. Aguilar, Sr.

Esteban A. Aguilar, Sr. is an attorney at Aguilar Law Firm, P.C. in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he represents plaintiffs in personal injury and complex civil litigation. Aguilar handles auto accidents, catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, medical and legal malpractice, insurance disputes, product liability, and liquor liability matters. His practice focuses on helping injured clients and families pursue claims arising from negligence, professional misconduct, defective products, and disputed insurance obligations.

Aguilar earned his J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1978 after receiving a B.S. in Criminal Justice from the University of Texas at El Paso. After becoming licensed in Texas and New Mexico, he practiced in El Paso and later served as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen in Washington, D.C. His education and public-service background support a litigation practice involving complex factual, legal, and policy issues.

Aguilar has handled significant personal injury, malpractice, insurance, and product liability matters in state and federal courts. His representative work includes co-counseling a legal malpractice and insurance bad faith case resolved confidentially in 2024, a charging-lien dispute that produced a judgment exceeding $1.3 million and was affirmed on appeal, and liquor liability litigation that reached the New Mexico Supreme Court. He has also litigated wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases involving serious accidents and defective products.

Esteban A. Aguilar, Sr. was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2004 and later chaired its New Mexico State Committee. He served as president of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association in 2007 and has been listed as a Southwest Super Lawyer from 2008 through 2025. Aguilar has also taught evidence and trial practice as an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law and taught for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

Law Office Affiliations

• Owner, Aguilar Law Firm, P.C.
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, State Bar of New Mexico
• Member, New Mexico Trial Lawyer’s Association
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Licensed State

• New Mexico
• Texas

Education

• University of New Mexico School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Texas
  BS in Criminal Justice

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