Ms. Shaheen works in the areas of water, oil and gas, environment, property, and complex litigation, including class actions. In these practice areas, Ms. Shaheen has represented public and private clients in water rights permits and transactions, water rights disputes, contracts and contract disputes, royalty payment disputes, environmental regulation and contamination, real estate transactions, title issues, land use regulation, and water and wastewater utilities. She represents clients before state agencies, at the district court level, and in the appellate courts. Ms. Shaheen has also assisted clients in interstate water disputes litigated in the original jurisdiction of the United States Supreme Court. She regularly represents clients engaged in complex litigation. Ms. Shaheen enjoys helping clients grow and protect their business interests, by providing support for transactions and development and by providing vigorous advocacy in litigation and resolution of disputes.
Additional Experience
Law Clerk to the Honorable Celia Foy Castillo, New Mexico Court of Appeals
Honors
Thesis Honors, University of New Mexico School of Law, Weighing and Balancing Social and Economic Considerations of Siting Landfills to Address Environmental Justice Concerns
Experience
Representative Clients
Amerigroup
Chevron Mining, Inc.
City of Rio Rancho
Devon Energy Corp.
Energen Resources Corporation
Highland Meadows Estates Mutual Domestic Water Consumers & Sewage Works Association
Intel Corporation
Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Inc.
Marathon Oil
State of New Mexico
Publications
Co-author, with Gary Kilpatric, of A New Day in New Mexico for Third Party Bad Faith Claims, FORC Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law Regulation, Vol. XV, ed. VII, (Sept. 1, 2004)
Presentations
Understanding Mineral Rights and Surface Issues, CLE/CE/PDH, Santa Fe, New Mexico (June 18, 2009)
