Heinrich, Luján Introduce Margaret Strickland For Consideration To Be U.S. District Judge For The District Of New Mexico

WASHINGTON – Today, before the full Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced Margaret Strickland to be United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico. Senators Heinrich and Luján recommended Strickland to the Biden administration for the Las Cruces post. 

VIDEO: Heinrich, Luján Introduce Margaret Strickland For Consideration To Be U.S. District Judge For The District Of New Mexico [HD DOWNLOAD LINK HERE] 

Senator Heinrich’s remarks as prepared for delivery are available here. 

Senator Luján’s remarks as prepared for delivery are available here. 

Strickland has been a named partner at McGraw & Strickland LLC in Las Cruces, New Mexico since 2011. She represents clients in both civil rights cases and criminal cases in both state and federal courts in New Mexico. She has represented clients in more than 70 criminal jury trials, and she has also argued before the New Mexico Supreme Court and the New Mexico Court of Appeals. From 2017 to 2019, she served as President of the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Strickland started her career at the Law Offices of the Public Defender for the State of New Mexico from 2006 to 2011. She received her J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2006 and her B.A. from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2003.