Michael Sievers - Albuquerque, NM

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2013
    J.D.
    Law Review: New Mexico Law Review, Staff Member and Managing Editor, 2012 - 2013

• Non Legal Education

  • New Mexico State University, 2006
    B.A.
    Major: Journalism and Mass Communications

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• McGinn, Carpenter, Montoya & Love, P.A., Law clerk, 2010 - 2013
• Sports Reporter / News Reporter, Silver City Sun-News (Silver City, NM), 2006 - 2008
• Sports Editor, Cortez Journal, 2009 - 2010
• Editor, Mountain Mail Newspaper, 2008 - 2009

Published Works

Articles

• State v. Ochoa: The End of Pretextual Stops in New Mexico?, 42 New Mexico Law Review 595 (2012)
  
• Making a Claim for Negligent Hiring, Training, Supervision, and Retention Under the NM Tort Claims Act
  
• Restoring the Jury’s Role in Deciding Questions of Foreseeability after Rodriguez v. Del Sol Shopping Center, The New Mexico Trial Lawyer (September/October 2014)
  
• Making a Claim for Negligent Hiring, Training, Supervision and Retention under the New Mexico Tort Claims Act, The New Mexico Trial Lawyer (November/December 2014)Verdict: When a “Stray Bullet” is Inevitable: Santa Fe Jury Verdict Holds Condo Complex Accountable for Failures to Enforce Safety Rules, The New Mexico Trial Lawyer (March/April 2015)
  
• Verdict: Diego Fierro, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sarahy Fierro et al. v. Eric Peterson, M.D., et al., The New Mexico Trial Lawyer (May/June 2015)