Lindsay Griffel

Lindsay Griffel is an owner of Decker Griffel, LLC in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and has practiced law since 2008. Her work includes civil litigation, Social Security Disability and long-term disability claims, appeals, mediation, and arbitration. Griffel represents individuals and businesses as plaintiffs, defendants, and claimants in and outside the courtroom. Her practice includes pleadings, discovery, motion practice, trials, settlement proceedings, disability hearings, and federal appeals.

Griffel earned her J.D. from Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law in 2008. During law school, she worked as a student attorney in the Disability Law Clinic and served as a casenote editor for the World Arbitration and Mediation Review. She previously earned a B.S. in Microbiology from Pennsylvania State University in 2005, with minors in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and English. Her academic background included scientific research and published work.

Griffel handles matters at multiple stages of litigation, from filing or responding to complaints through discovery, depositions, motions, bench and jury trials, settlement, mediation, arbitration, and appeals. She also represents claimants seeking Social Security and long-term disability benefits, including administrative hearings and federal district court appeals. Her broad practice allows her to work with clients on both contested litigation and administrative claims requiring detailed factual and procedural analysis.

Lindsay Griffel is admitted to practice in New Mexico state courts, the U.S. District Court and U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Mexico, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Her Montana admission is inactive. She belongs to the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives and the New Mexico Women’s Bar Association. Her combination of litigation, disability, arbitration, and scientific training supports a versatile approach to complex disputes and claims.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Decker Griffel, LLC
• Member, State Bar of New Mexico
• Member, State Bar of Montana
• Member, New Mexico Women’s Bar Association
• Member, National Organization of Social Security Claimant’s Representatives

Licensed State

• New Mexico
• Montana

Education

• Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus
  Bachelor of Science (B.S.) 2005, Major: Microbiology

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