Attorney Profiles

Shannon began law school at CUNY School of Law in Queens, New York in 1991, and worked in their nationally recognized public interest law clinic on behalf of battered immigrant women.

Shannon received a number of first year law school honors, including a Revson Fellowship to work on a farm workers project for New Mexico Legal Aid in Las Cruces and Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Recognized as being in the top ten percent of her first year law school class, Shannon qualified to transfer to the University of New Mexico School of Law's dual degree program in Law and Latin American studies. 

In 1994, Shannon graduated with both a Masters Degree in Latin American Studies and a Juris Doctorate from the University of New Mexico.  That summer she took a position with the Alaska Public Defender Office.  As a public defender in Alaska, she was able to immediately begin working on felony trials involving charges of first degree murder, burglary and rape.

Shannon has practiced law continuously in New Mexico since returning to in February 1995.

In December 2002, Shannon founded Kennedy & Oliver, P.C., with  Joseph P. Kennedy.

Bar Admissions

• New Mexico, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1998

Education

• University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1994
  J.D.
  Honors: International Moot Court Team
  Major: M.A., Latin American Studies
  
  
• City University of New York School of Law at Queens College, Flushing, New York
  Honors: Revson Fellowship
  Honors: Top 10% of first year law class
  
  

Representative Cases

• Oscar Davis v. City of Albuquerque Police Officer Tom Sholits, CIV No. 01-0027WFD/LFG ( )
• State v. Boblick, 2004 NMCA 78, 135 N.M. 754, 93 P.3d 775 ( )
• Layman v. City of Albuquerque, CIV No. 04-778 MV/LFG ( )

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Continuing Legal Education (CLE) classes, Criminal Desfense Lawyers Association
• CLE seminar on police misconduct, ACLU-NM, 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships

• New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association
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• New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers' Association
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• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  Member