Mollie Christine Mcgraw

Mollie McGraw is an experienced trial attorney who represents Plaintiffs in civil litigation, including personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, insurance bad faith and inadequate security cases.  Mollie practices in state and federal court in New Mexico on behalf of civil plaintiffs.

Mollie has built an impressive record of jury trial successes in state and federal court. Some of her notable civil case achievements include:

2024: A $44 million federal jury verdict in T.R. v. Patrick Howard, representing a female client sexually abused by her high school teacher and Future Farmers of America advisor.

2023: A $52.8 million Albuquerque state jury verdict in Murphy v. Professional Underwriters Liability Insurance Company (PULIC), representing two families affected by insurance bad faith amidst opioid crisis.

2019: A state jury verdict for negligence and bad faith in Las Cruces Dona Ana County in favor of an insured against insurer, USAA, in McElmurry v. USAA.

2017: A $1.6 million federal jury verdict in Beck v. Baker, a civil rights lawsuit for excessive force and unlawful arrest by police officers.

2015: A $12 million verdict in Murphy et al v. Eagle’s Nest Condominium Association et al, a wrongful death and inadequate security case.

Mollie has argued multiple times before the New Mexico Supreme Court to protect her clients’ rights. In April 2025, following Mollie's oral argument on behalf of the wrongful death estate of a 16-year-old boy who died from heat stroke, the New Mexico Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Ferlic (Brealey Rood) v. Mesilla Valley Regional Dispatch Auth. et al, No. S-1-SC-40162, 2025 N.M. LEXIS 79 (Apr. 21, 2025) holding that 911 dispatchers are subject to suit under the New Mexico Tort Claim Act, as confirmed by the Emergency Medical Services Act, and that the immunity provision in the Enhanced 911 Act does not apply to the liability of 911 dispatchers for mishandled emergency medical calls. Mollie also argued before the New Mexico Supreme Court in 2009 to protect the rights of her client and others.

Early in her legal career, Mollie was honored to be the recipient of the Outstanding Young Lawyer Award from the New Mexico State Public Defender Department in 2007.

Mollie is the founding partner in McGraw & Associates, LLC d/b/a McGraw Law, LLC, which began in 2011 as McGraw & Strickland, LLC. Ten years later, in 2021, Mollie’s former law partner was nominated by President Joseph Biden and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve for life as an Article III federal district judge. Following her former law partner's departure, Mollie rebuilt the law firm. The law firm flourished under her guidance, and its renewed commitment to represent only those who have been harmed or killed through the wrongdoing and reckless acts of others. Under her leadership, the firm's legal team successfully litigates multiple complex civil cases to verdict and settlements on behalf of those harmed or killed by the wrongdoing of insurance companies, government actors, doctors, hospitals, and others.

Mollie is a graduate of Baylor Law School.  She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University. She is licensed to practice law in New Mexico and Texas.