Associate

Matthew C. Sanchez, an Albuquerque native, graduated cum laude from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2010, where he received the Judge Oliver Seth Award for Excellence in Mediation and Arbitration. He joined Sheehan & Sheehan as an associate attorney upon being sworn into the New Mexico Bar on September 20, 2010. During law school Mr. Sanchez worked as a law clerk for both a large civil defense firm and a small specialized plaintiff’s firm in Albuquerque, where he gained civil litigation experience in the areas of construction, employment, insurance, and real estate law.

In 2009 Mr. Sanchez obtained an MBA degree from the University of New Mexico, with an emphasis on Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, and was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma for high academic achievement. In 2005, Mr. Sanchez graduated magna cum laude from Santa Clara University in the San Francisco bay area with a management degree.

Prior to graduate and law school, Mr. Sanchez worked in both construction and commercial real estate. His experience in those fields combined with his emphasis on organizational behavior and human resources in his MBA program, his undergraduate degree in management, and his civil litigation experience as a law clerk, give Mr. Sanchez a broad perspective from which to assess legal and management issues faced by business and construction clients of the firm. Mr. Sanchez’s practice is focused in the areas of general commercial litigation, construction law, employment law, and insurance law.

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Phone: 505-247-0411
Fax: 505-842-8890
Email: mcs@sheehansheehan.com

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• Construction
• Employment
• Insurance

Bar Admissions

• New Mexico, 2010
• U.S. District Court District of New Mexico, 2010
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2010

Education

• University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • J.D. (Cum Laude) – 2010
• University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • M.B.A. – 2009
  • Honors: With High Honors
• Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
  • B.S. – 2005
  • Major: Management

Honors and Awards

• UNM-MBA Beta Gamma Sigma (Academic Honors)
• President- UNM Business Law Society (2008-2009)
• Judge Oliver Seth Award for Excellence in Mediation and Arbitration

Past Employment Positions

• Bauman, Dow & León, P.C., Law Clerk, 2009 – 2010
• Butt, Thornton & Baehr, P.C., Law Clerk-2008
• Indian Health Services, UNM Graduate Business Consultant, 2007
• Custom Home Building Projects, Project Manager and Craftsmen, 2006 – 2007
• Marcus & Millichap: Real Estate Investment Brokerage Company, Palo Alto, CA, Sales Associate , 2004 – 2006