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About Michael Sievers

Michael Sievers grew up in Gallup, New Mexico, and worked as a newspaper reporter and editor for four years before attending law school. He joined McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers as a law clerk after his first semester at UNM School of Law and never left. He served as Managing Editor of the New Mexico Law Review, graduated with honors in 2013, and became an associate attorney immediately after passing the bar. His practice focuses particularly on medical malpractice and semi-truck collision cases.

He has taken hundreds of hours of continuing education on trucking cases and learned to drive a manual-transmission semi-truck from a leading expert. In 2023, he became board certified in Truck Accident Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He serves on the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Board of Directors and is a member of the American Association for Justice's Trucking Litigation Group and the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$18.9 millionVerdict

A New Mexico jury found Utility Trailer Manufacturing negligent for failing to install side underride guards, awarding the family of a 16-year-old killed in a 2015 highway fire crash a net verdict of $18.9 million.

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of New Mexico School of Law
J.D., 2013
New Mexico State University
Undergraduate, 2006

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New Mexico, admitted 2013

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