Margaret Strickland (judge)
Margaret Irene Strickland (born May 24, 1980) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. Education. Strickland received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2003 and a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law in 2006. Career. She started her career at the law offices of the New Mexico Public Defender from 2006 to 2011. From 2011 to 2021, she was a partner at McGraw & Strickland LLC in Las Cruces , New Mexico. From 2017 to 2019, she served as president of the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Federal judicial service. On March 30, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Strickland to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. On April 19, 2021, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Strickland to the seat vacated by Judge Robert C. Brack, who took senior status on July 25, 2018. On May 26, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate  Judiciary Committee. Her nomination was reported out of committee on a vote of 12–10. On September 21, 2021, her nomination was confirmed in the Senate by a vote of 52–45 after the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination earlier that day by a vote of 52–46. She received her judicial commission on October 22, 2021.