Bill Tatom

Associate

Bill Tatom is an Associate in the Hall & Evans Chicago office. His practice focuses on civil litigation with an emphasis on health care matters, premises liability, and insurance defense.  Mr. Tatom defends health care providers, long-term care facilities, and local businesses facing litigation. His experience also includes defending matters involving commercial litigation, construction defects, breach of contract, fraudulent misrepresentation, warranty of habitability, property disputes, and product liability claims.

Mr. Tatom’s practice also includes he defense of correctional healthcare providers in medical and civil rights claims.

Mr. Tatom earned his JD from the University of Houston Law Center and was the recipient of the Dean’s Scholarship and the Buck J. Wynne Memorial Scholarship.  Before his legal career, Mr. Tatom spent eight years teaching U.S. History and English. 

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Texas, 2024
  • Colorado, 2025
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas

Location

Chicago Office

Education

JD: University of Houston Law Center, 2024
BA: Eastern Illinois University, 2012, History

Contact

tatomb@hallevans.com

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Bill

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Dean’s Scholarship
  • Buck J. Wynne Memorial Scholarship
Professional Associations

  • Colorado Bar Association

  • Denver Bar Association

  • State Bar of Texas, Construction Law Section, Insurance Law Section, Litigation Section

Cynthia A. Loehr

Senior Associate

Cynthia Ann Loehr has over 25 years of litigation and administrative law experience.  Ms. Loehr’s background includes employment law, insurance defense, commercial litigation, environmental and natural resources law, real estate, and regulatory matters.  She has represented clients across courts in New Mexico and Montana, and before administrative agencies such as the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, the New Mexico Environment Department, the Oil Conservation Commission, and Commissioner for Public Lands. 

She advises clients on wide variety of environmental issues in the context of real estate purchases and sales, renewable energy developments, and contaminated site response/remediation.  Her commercial litigation experience includes breach of contract, open accounts, fraud and unfair practices matters.

Prior to her career as an attorney, Ms. Loehr spent 15 years as a senior scientist and project manager in environmental, geologic, and engineering projects, including many in support of the United States Department of Energy.

Location

Billings Office

Education

JD: University of New Mexico, 2000
MS: Montana State University, 1986, Statistics
MS: New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 1979, Geology
BS: Fort Lewis College, 1976, magna cum laude, Geology

Contact

loehrc@hallevans.com

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Cynthia

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Career Distinctions & Honors

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Natural Resources Law, 2024-2026

Al Wheeler

Associate

Alfonso Wheeler joined Hall & Evans, LLC as a generalist associate in 2025.  Mr. Wheeler handles matters involving transportation, premises liability, and medical malpractice.

While earning his law degree, Mr. Wheeler was a Judicial Intern with Honorable Chief Justice Boatright at the Colorado Supreme Court, a Legal Intern with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, a Law Clerk at a small real estate firm in Denver, and a Summer Associate with Hall & Evans.

Location

Denver Office

Education

JD: University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2025
BA: University of Iowa, 2022, Psychology, Minors in Philosophy and Human Relations, Dean’s List, President’s List

Contact

wheelera@hallevans.com

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Al

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Robert B. Yegge Memorial Scholarship
Professional Associations

  • Colorado Bar Association

  • Denver Bar Association

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Professional Experience

  • Judicial Intern, Hon. Chief Justice Boatright, Colorado Supreme Court, Denver, CO, 2024

  • Legal Intern, Colorado Attorney General’s Office, Business and Licensing Section, Denver, CO, 2023

Marcella Alvarez Morgan

Associate

Marcella Alvarez Morgan has a broad range of civil litigation experience representing individuals, businesses, and insurers. Ms. Morgan’s practice includes premises liability, construction, trucking, employment, and environmental matters. She is also experienced with commercial real estate, business transactions, trademark, and copyright matters.

Prior to joining Hall & Evans, Ms. Morgan was a litigator at firms in Albuquerque, NM and Boston, MA. While attending Northeastern University School of law, she served as an intern with a global financial services company, a real estate investment trust company, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, and a legal aid foundation. Ms. Morgan is licensed in New Mexico, Massachusetts, and Texas.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • New Mexico, 2023
  • Massachusetts, 2020
  • Texas, 2022
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico
  • U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts

Location

Santa Fe Office

Education

JD: Northeastern University School of Law, 2019

BA: Colorado College, 2012, Russian and Literature

Contact

morganm@hallevans.com

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Marcella

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Professional Associations
  • State Bar of New Mexico, Young Lawyers Division
Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars
  • Co-author, “New Media and Advocacy,” Understanding Nonviolence, Chapter 6, Wiley, 2015
Languages
  • Russian

Jacob Gudenkauf

Senior Associate

Jacob Gudenkauf is a litigator with a broad range of experience in construction and design, premises liability, health care, employment, toxic torts, commercial litigation, catastrophic injury, and coverage matters. Mr. Gudenkauf defends a variety of licensed professionals including architects, engineers, and design professionals involved with construction defect claims, as well as doctors, nurses, and health care providers facing medical malpractice claims. He counsels employers with investigations of harassment, retaliation, and discrimination and defends public entities in matters involving Constitutional torts, governmental immunity, and local governance.

Mr. Gudenkauf’s focus is on first seeking to understand his client’s goals and story. Whether through facilitating an early resolution or pursuing a matter through trial and final judgment, he always seeks to find creative solutions to the problems that face his clients and to help them reach their goals.

Mr. Gudenkauf graduated cum laude from Willamette University College of Law. During law school, he served as a Judicial Extern for the Honorable Elizabeth Weishaupl in Colorado’s 18th District and clerked with the Trial Division of the Oregon Department of Justice.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Utah, 2022
  • Colorado, 2016
  • U.S. District Court, District of Utah
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

Location

Salt Lake City Office

Education

JD: Willamette University College of Law, 2016, cum laude
BA: University of Colorado, 2012, History and Political Science

Contact

gudenkaufj@hallevans.com

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Jacob

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Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Mountain States Super Lawyers®, “Rising Star,” Construction Litigation, 2025
Decisions
  • Won summary judgment on behalf of general contractor construction defect, defamation, and breach of contract case.
Professional Associations
  • Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
Other Activities

  • Mr. Gudenkauf enjoys spending time with his family, playing golf (poorly), and cheering for the University of Colorado Buffaloes.

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