Sara N. Sanchez

Shareholder

Tel: (505) 247-4800
Fax: (505) 243-6458
ssanchez@peiferlaw.com
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Legal Assistant: Gretchen A. Byrne
gbyrne@peiferlaw.com

Sara Sanchez joins the firm with over 17 years of experience in the areas of civil litigation and criminal defense.  Her practice has focused primarily on the areas of employment, health care fraud, general commercial litigation, and white-collar criminal defense.  Sara graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School in 2001 and received her undergraduate degree from Brown University in 1995.  Before entering private practice, Sara served as a public defender in the juvenile and felony divisions of the Public Defender Service of Washington, D.C.

Areas of Practice

General Civil Litigation
White-Collar Criminal Defense
Employment Law
Healthcare Law
Fraud
General Commercial Litigation

Education

Brown University B.A., Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, 1995
Harvard University of Law, J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 2001

Admitted

2002, California
2002, District of Columbia
2004, U.S. District Court Central District of California
2007, New Mexico
2007, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico
2008, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
2011, U.S. Supreme Court

Bar Association Memberships

State Bar of New Mexico
New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association