Ms. Gilmore graduated from the University of Kansas Law School in 1991. She was a member and Note and Comment Editor for the Kansas Law Review from 1989 - 1991. Upon completion of law school, Ms. Gilmore clerked at the Kansas Court of Appeals for the Honorable G. Joseph Pierron. From 1993 to 1999, Ms. Gilmore was a prosecutor at the Second Judicial District Attorney's Office. In 1999 Ms. Gilmore left the DA's Office and joined the Beitler Law Firm in defending medical malpractice cases. Ms. Gilmore has practiced in insurance defense since 1999 focusing on the defense of physicians, dentists, nurses, hospitals, nursing homes and surgery centers. In the last few years Ms. Gilmore has broadened her practice to include the defense of all kinds of personal injury cases, business litigation and construction defect cases. Ms. Gilmore joined the firm in 2010 and has continued to defend medical malpractice cases, personal injury and construction defect cases.

EDUCATION

University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, KS
J.D. Degree, 1991
Member - Kansas Law Review, 1989-1990
Note & Comment Editor - Kansas Law Review, 1990-1991

Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
B.A. History, 1985
Minor in Journalism

BAR STATUS

State Bar of New Mexico (Admitted 1992)
United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
State Bar of Kansas (Admitted 1991, Inactive)
State Bar of Colorado (Admitted 2004, Inactive)

MEMBERSHIPS

Defense Lawyers Association

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Panel Member New Mexico Medical Legal Review Commission
Appointed by New Mexico Supreme Court to serve on New Mexico Board of Legal Specilization, 2001-2004
Former Mock Trial Coach - Manzano High School, 2003-2004
Rio Rancho Elementary School PTA.

E-Mail Julie Taylor Gilmore at: jtgilmore@obrienlawoffice.com