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Sanchez, Sara Nathanson
Sheehan, Sheehan & Stelzner, P.A.
40 First Plaza N.W.
Suite 740
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: (505) 247-0411
Fax: (505) 842-8890
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Summary
Current Employment Position(s)
Associate
Lawyer Overview
Ms. Sanchez graduated from Harvard Law School in 2001, and then served as law clerk to the Hon. William M. Nickerson of the United States District Court in Maryland. Beginning in 2002, she served as a trial attorney for the Public Defender Service of Washington, D.C., where she represented clients in felony and juvenile cases, from arraignment through trial and sentencing. She then worked as an associate at the law firm of Manatt, Phelps and Phillips in Los Angeles, California, where she represented individual and corporate clients in connection with federal and state criminal proceedings, grand jury subpoenas, and criminal and regulatory investigations. Ms. Sanchez is an active member of the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and sits on the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Ms. Sanchez also has an active civil litigation practice in the areas of employment law, construction law, and general commercial litigation.
West Practice Categories
Business & Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Grand Jury Proceedings, Prisoners' Rights, Search & Seizure Protections, Voting Rights, Construction Law, Criminal Law, Employment Law -- Employer, Personal Injury -- Defense
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California, 2002
- District of Columbia, 2002
- New Mexico, 2007
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2004
- U.S. District Court District of New Mexico, 2008
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2008
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of New Mexico
- District of Columbia Bar
- Albuquerque Bar Association
- New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association
Past Employment Positions
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Associate, 2004 - 2007
- Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, Trial Attorney, 2002 - 2004
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Judicial Clerk to the Honorable William Nickerson, 2001 - 2002
Education
- Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
2001
J.D.
Honors: magna cum laude - Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA,
1995
B.A.
Honors: cum laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Office Information
Address
40 First Plaza N.W.
Suite 740
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phones
(505) 247-0411
Faxes
(505) 842-8890