Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder/Director

Lawyer Overview

Nann Winter has been advising and representing public agencies and local governments since 1987, and she is certified as a Specialist in Local Government Law by the New Mexico Board of Legal Specialization. During the course of her legal career, Ms. Winter has provided representation to dozens of local governments on utility-related and right-of-way matters, including eminent domain, franchise agreements, public improvement districts, special assessment districts, procurements, and also concerning issues of statutory and constiutional powers. In addition, she has represented local government interests in regulatory and rate-making proceedings before the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, the Federal Communication Commission, the Federal Energy Regulation Commission, and in state and federal courts. Since 2004, Ms. Winter has served as General Counsel to the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (a water and wastewater system with 215,000 connections), and she was its first Executive Director in 2003. Ms. Winter and the firm recently acted as trial counsel in the Water Authority's acquisition by eminent domain of a 17,000 connection system contiguous to the Water Authority service territory.

Among the local governments in New Mexico that Ms. Winter has represented on franchise-related matters are Bernalillo County, Los Alamos County, Dona Ana County, Lea County, the City of Raton, the City of Las Vegas, the City of Las Cruces and the City of Santa Fe. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Winter served as the Deputy City Attorney for the City of Albuquerque and oversaw that Legal Department's Utility Franchise office for over 10 years. She is a director and shareholder of Sheehan, Sheehan & Stelnzer, P.A. and has served as a board member for numerous philanthropic and non-profit organizations in New Mexico.

Areas of Practice

• Local Government Law
• Public Utility Law
• Water Utilities

Representative Clients

• Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
• Lea County, New Mexico
• Los Alamos County, New Mexico
• Dona Ana County, New Mexico
• The City of Las Cruces, New Mexico
• The City of Las Vegas, New Mexico
• The City of Raton, New Mexico
• The City of Santa Fe, New Mexico

West Practice Categories

Public Utilities

Bar Admissions

• New Mexico, 1987
• U.S. District Court District of New Mexico, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2003
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 2008

Honors and Awards

• Certified as a Specialist in Local Government Law by the New Mexico Board of Legal Specialization
• "BV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Past Employment Positions

• City of Albuquerque, Deputy City Attorney, 1991 - 2003
• State of New Mexico, Assistant Attorney General, 1987 - 1991

Education

• University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1987
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1987
  Anderson Graduate School of Management (Finance)
• University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1981
  B.B.A., Bachelor of Business Administration
  Honors: summa cum laude

Address

40 First Plaza N.W.
Suite 740
Albuquerque, NM 87102

Phones

(505) 247-0411

Faxes

(505) 842-8890

Emails

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Websites

http://www.ssslawfirm.com