Attorney Profiles - Templeman & Indall
William P. Templeman
William P. Templeman practices in the firm's core areas of commercial law and litigation, employment law, and administrative law. Mr. Templeman is especially proficient in the areas of utilities and telecommunications law.
Mr. Templeman has represented telecommunications and electric utilities before the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission in a variety of complex matters, including certification, ratemaking, rulemaking, complaints, and financing. He currently represents the New Mexico Exchange Carriers Group, an association of rural telecommunications companies, before the Public Regulation Commission and the New Mexico Legislature. He handles the regulatory, litigation, and general corporate legal work for many of the association's member companies. He also represents clients before other state agencies in various administrative matters.
In the employment area, Mr. Templeman has extensive experience advising both employers and employees in connection with matters involving personnel policies, investigations, separation agreements, and confidentiality and non-compete agreements. He also has represented clients in employment and civil rights litigation, including cases involving discrimination, sexual harassment, ADA compliance, retaliation, and wrongful termination.
Over his career, Mr. Templeman has participated extensively in the alternative dispute resolution process, serving as an arbitrator, mediator, and litigator in a wide variety of disputes. He is listed in the 2009-2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the category of Administrative Law. He has been AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell, for more than 10 years,and is a longtime member of the Oliver Seth American Inn of Court.
Education:
- J.D., Hastings College of the Law, University of California (1976)
- A.B., Stanford University (1973)
Admissions:
- New Mexico State Courts
- U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
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Jon J. Indall
Jon J. Indall concentrates his practice with the firm in the areas of natural resources, environmental law, and administrative law. With over 30 years experience in these areas, Mr. Indall's practice includes transactions, title work permitting, and mining property acquisitions. He has also represented numerous clients in site remediation activities, including superfund sites.
Mr. Indall has represented mining companies before various governing boards and regulatory agencies, including the New Mexico Environment Department, Water Quality Control Commission, and the New Mexico Mining and Minerals Department. He has been involved in a wide variety of trials and appellate actions including condemnations, takings, toxic tort defense, water rights, environmental claims, commercial disputes, and tribal sovereignty issues.
Mr. Indall has been active in representing the uranium mining industry for several decades and has utilized his expertise in both representation and lobbying activities. He has represented the Uranium Producers of America since the organization's inception in 1985, and has been instrumental in the passage of various energy laws and policies at the federal level. In addition to the uranium industry, Mr. Indall also represents a broad range of natural resource clients including hardrock mining companies, natural gas pipeline companies, and oil and gas supply and water disposal companies.
Mr. Indall is a frequent speaker to statewide, regional, and national industry associations on mining issues, and has authored and presented a paper to the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute. In 2011, Mr. Indall spoke on regulatory issues at the Hobbs, New Mexico Uranium Fuel Cycle Conference and participated in the Nuclear Infrastructure Summit sponsored by the Nuclear Infrastructure Council.
Mr. Indall has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2010-2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of Mining Law. Selection to the Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey by the top attorneys in the country. He was also named the best mining lawyer in Santa Fe for 2012. He has been AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell for more than 10 years.
Education:
- J.D., University of Kansas (1974)
- B.A., University of Kansas (1971)
Admissions:
- New Mexico State Courts
- U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico
- U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. Claims Court
- U.S. Supreme Court
Professional Associations/Memberships:
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of New Mexico
- First Judicial District Bar Association
- Oliver Seth American Inn of Court
- New Mexico Mining Association
- Northwest Mining Association
