Updated July 2026
If someone else's carelessness left you hurt, you should not have to pay the price for it. Mr. Nieto helps injured people and grieving families across New Mexico get the money they need to heal and move forward. You pay no fee unless he wins your case. Call (505) 247-1973 for a free, no-pressure review.
A serious injury turns your life upside down. The bills pile up, you cannot work, and the insurance company, which sounded so friendly at first, starts looking for reasons to pay you as little as possible. You do not have to face that alone. Mr. Nieto has spent more than 25 years in New Mexico courtrooms, and insurance companies know the difference between a lawyer who will settle cheap and one who is ready to try the case.
Injury Cases Mr. Nieto Handles
Mr. Nieto takes serious injury and wrongful death cases statewide. Start with the one closest to your situation:
Car Accidents
Crashes caused by distracted, drunk, or reckless drivers on New Mexico roads.
Truck Accidents
Commercial truck wrecks, where the injuries are worse and the trucking company lawyers up fast.
Wrongful Death
When a family loses someone to another party's negligence or misconduct.
Mr. Nieto also handles other serious civil harm, including Dram Shop liquor liability when a bar overserves a drunk driver, negligent security when a property owner fails to protect people from foreseeable violence, insurance bad faith when a company refuses to pay a valid claim, and catastrophic injury cases.
No Fee Unless He Wins
Personal injury cases are handled on a contingency fee. That means you pay no attorney fee up front and no fee at all unless Mr. Nieto recovers money for you. His fee comes as a percentage of what he wins, agreed to in writing before he starts. If there is no recovery, you owe no attorney fee. This is on purpose: it lets a hurt person hire an experienced trial lawyer without needing money in the bank to do it.
Talk to Mr. Nieto. The first call is free, and he answers it himself.
Call (505) 247-1973Why Trial Experience Matters
Most injury cases settle, but the size of a settlement depends on whether the other side believes your lawyer will actually go to trial. Insurance companies keep track of which lawyers fold and which ones fight. Mr. Nieto has tried nearly 100 cases to juries and judges across New Mexico. When his name is on a case, the insurer knows a lowball offer may end up in front of a jury, and that changes the math in your favor.
He has also handled the hard civil cases many lawyers avoid, from Dram Shop liquor liability to catastrophic injury and death. That breadth means he has seen how these cases are really won.
What Your Claim Can Recover
Depending on your case, you may be able to recover for medical bills, both what you have already paid and what you will need going forward, lost wages and lost earning ability, pain and suffering, and the lasting effects of a permanent injury. In a wrongful death case, the family may recover for their loss. Mr. Nieto will not throw out a dollar figure to win your business. He will give you a straight, experienced read on what your case is really about.
Do Not Wait to Call
Evidence disappears, witnesses forget, and New Mexico sets a deadline to file an injury lawsuit. The insurance company, meanwhile, starts working against you from day one. The sooner Mr. Nieto is involved, the sooner he can preserve the proof, deal with the adjusters for you, and let you focus on healing. The call is free, and it costs you nothing to find out where you stand.