Stanley J. Cassavant is the founder of Cassavant Injury & Trial Counsel, LLC, a New Mexico personal injury law firm focused on representing people and families after serious injuries, wrongful death, and other life-disrupting events.
Stanley’s practice is shaped by years of courtroom, litigation, insurance, and claims experience. Before opening his own firm, Stanley represented clients in a wide range of civil litigation matters, including personal injury, premises liability, hospitality and retail liability, construction and design claims, oilfield casualty, insurance defense, commercial and personal auto cases, commercial transportation matters, liquor liability, insurance coverage issues, and other high-exposure disputes.
That background gives Stanley a practical understanding of how injury claims are investigated, defended, valued, negotiated, and tried. He has handled cases through all stages of litigation, including pre-suit investigation, written discovery, depositions, motion practice, expert witness issues, mediation, arbitration, settlement negotiations, trial preparation, and trial.
Before entering civil litigation, Stanley began his New Mexico legal career as an Assistant District Attorney with the Second Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Bernalillo County. In that role, he appeared regularly in court, handled criminal prosecutions, presented cases to grand juries, litigated preliminary hearings, evaluated warrants, negotiated plea agreements, and helped train newer prosecutors.
Stanley also has experience inside the insurance industry. He previously worked as litigation counsel for national insurance companies and earlier in his career worked as a claims adjuster handling auto, property, boat, and bodily injury claims. That experience gives him insight into how insurance companies evaluate liability, damages, risk, settlement value, and litigation exposure.
Stanley earned his Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Arizona State University in 2011 and his Juris Doctor from Arizona Summit Law School in 2014. He was admitted to the State Bar of New Mexico in 2016 and is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. He also completed the 37th Annual National Trial Advocacy College at the University of Virginia School of Law.