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The attorneys at McGraw & Strickland, LLC, located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, believe in advocating for their clients and championing their rights, whether that means trying the case to a jury or negotiating a more favorable and appropriate settlement, plea offer or sentence. Attorneys Mollie McGraw and Margaret Strickland represent ordinary citizens against insurance companies, corporations, health care providers, trucking companies, and government entities whose actions have resulted in financial difficulties, serious injury and even death.

Attorneys Margaret Strickland and Mollie McGraw received a 7-figure verdict against two Las Cruces Police Officers for excessive force, battery and unlawful arrest on behalf of their clients, a married couple, in a civil rights case that was tried in U.S. Federal Court in Las Cruces in February 2017. The federal jury found the defendants were liable and awarded $1.6 million.  

In 2015, Attorney Mollie McGraw became one of the few attorneys in New Mexico to receive an 8-figure jury verdict. She and her co-counsel Ben Davis represent the estate and two children of a 31-year old man killed when a bullet pierced the front door of his rented condo at a crime-ridden complex in Albuquerque. A Santa Fe jury found the defendants, a condo association and property management company, were liable and returned a $12 million.

Attorney Margaret Strickland is the current President of New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (NMCDLA) and a member of New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association (NMTLA).  Attorney Mollie McGraw is an active and contributing member on NMTLA's Board of Directors, a member of American Association of Justice (AAJ) and she also is on the editorial advisory board for Trial Guides.