Dusti Harvey worked for Keleher & McLeod, a large defense firm in Albuquerque, focusing on insurance defense, medical malpractice, products liability, auto accidents and civil litigation. Ms. Harvey then directed all aspects of litigation as corporate counsel for a large nursing home chain for over six years. She was in charge of the Alternative Dispute Resolution program under the corporation's bankruptcy and traveled the United States mediating over 1,000 nursing home cases. She now devotes a significant portion of her practice to advocating for the well-being of elderly individuals residing in nursing homes.
Dusti Harvey is currently a member of:
- New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- State Bar of New Mexico
- Albuquerque Bar Association
- New Mexico Women's Bar Association; and
- National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform.
Ms. Harvey has lived in New Mexico for the past twenty years and has strong ties and family roots in New Mexico. Ms. Harvey graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Law in May, 1996. During her law school career, she was a member of:
- Honor Roll
- Dean's List
- Who's Who: American Law Students
- New Mexico Law Review, Notes & Comments Editor
- National Mock Trial Team
- President of the Women's Law Caucus; and
- Worked part time as a law clerk during her second and third years of law school.
Ms. Harvey has lectured at nursing home seminars and to numerous
organizations on a broad range of topics including:
- choosing a nursing home for your loved one
- advocating for great care for your loved one in a nursing home
- definition and signs of abuse and neglect
- what to do if you suspect nursing home abuse or neglect
- the most common types of nursing home claims
- inadequacy of nursing home records
- how to read and interpret medical records; and
- using nursing home records to prove liability.
She is licensed to practice law in all courts of the State of New Mexico. Ms. Harvey will personally handle all aspects of your case including:
- client interviews
- case evaluations
- consultation with experts
- filing your lawsuit
- discovery
- depositions
- mediation
- arbitration, or
- trial by judge or jury.
Feliz Angelica Rael
Feliz specializes in nursing home abuse and neglect cases. She has also represented children and their families in cases against state regulated facilities.
Feliz grew up in Taos, New Mexico. She attended the Armand Hammer United Word College in Montezuma, New Mexico, where she received her International Baccalaureate. After that, she attended Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, where she majored in Political Science and spent a semester traveling throughout India studying political and economic development.
Wanting to come back home to be near family, Feliz moved back to New Mexico for law school and received her law degree from the University of New Mexico in 2001. While she was in law school, Feliz served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Martha Vazquez in federal court and volunteered her time as a bill analyst for the New Mexico legislature. She was selected to serve as Lead Articles Editor of the Natural Resources Journal and completed coursework to achieve a Certificate in Natural Resources Law.
Upon her graduation from law school, the Honorable James J. Wechsler of the New Mexico Court of Appeals chose Feliz as his law clerk for the 2001-2002 term. Before joining the Harvey Law Firm, Feliz was a defense lawyer for the railroads, aggressively litigating cases involving serious injuries and death. While she was a defense lawyer, she frequently litigated insurance coverage issues as well as the implications of federal regulations.
Feliz is admitted to practice in the State of New Mexico as well as the United States District Court of the District of New Mexico. She is a member of the National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association of Justice (AAJ) and the AAJ Nursing Home Litigation Group. Feliz spoke at the 2007 American Association of Justice National Winter Convention on the subject of How to Obtain and Use Surveys in nursing home abuse and neglect cases.
