Education | | J.D., 1976, University of Oklahoma College of Law | | B.S., 1973, University of Oklahoma |
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Admitted | | Colorado | | District of Columbia | | New Mexico | | Oklahoma | | Texas |
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| | U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma | | U.S. District Court, District of Arizona | | U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas | | U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit | | U.S. Supreme Court | | U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit | | U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit | | U.S. District Court, District of Colorado | | U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico | | U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas | | U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma |
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Distinctions | American Indian Law Review
Legislator of the Year, American Legislative Exchange Council
Statesman of the Year, National Right to Work Committee |
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Community Involvement | Trustee, Alliance for Consumer Education
Trustee, American Council on Science and Health
Society of Attorneys General Emeriti |
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| Mr. Stratton is Senior Counsel in Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s Albuquerque office and a member of the Litigation and Government Relations Groups.
With more than 30 years of experience, Mr. Stratton advises and counsels clients in the areas of product safety regulation, products liability litigation, state and federal government regulation and multistate and class action litigation with an emphasis on product safety and liability as well as areas affected by the state attorneys general. Mr. Stratton also counsels clients in the areas of international trade, regulation, and product health and safety.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Stratton was a member of Dykema Gossett PLLC in Washington, DC. He is currently adjunct professor of law at George Mason University School of Law where he created and teaches a course on state attorneys general and multistate litigation and regulation. Mr. Stratton previously served as Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the federal agency responsible for regulation and implementation of safety standards for over 15,000 consumer products. In his role as CPSC Chairman, Mr. Stratton founded the Office of International Programs and entered into cooperative agreements with counterpart safety agencies in China, Mexico, Canada, India, Israel and the European Union, among others. Also during his tenure at the CPSC, Mr. Stratton delivered over 100 keynote speeches, lectures and seminars throughout the U.S. and abroad and implemented numerous consumer safety initiatives including the promulgation of the first major regulation by the CPSC, implementation of the nation’s largest ever consumer recall, creation of the web site www.recalls.gov and development of the retailer reporting model for more efficient reporting of substantial product hazards to the CPSC by it’s stakeholders. In 1991, he co-founded the law firm of Stratton & Cavin, P.A. in Albuquerque. In 1986, Mr. Stratton was elected as New Mexico Attorney General and is the only Republican to serve in that position since 1930.
In 1978, Mr. Stratton was elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives at the age of 27 by defeating the House Majority Whip. During his four terms in the New Mexico House he served on a number of committees, including the Judiciary Committee, where he served as chairman, the Energy & Natural Resources Committee, where he served as vice chairman, and the Transportation and Rules Committees.
Mr. Stratton is a Distinguished Military Graduate and served on active duty in the U.S. Army. He is a registered member of the Cherokee Nation. Mr. Stratton is the recipient of a number of awards including the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Legislator of the Year award and recognition as the National Right to Work Committee’s Statesman of the Year.
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