About Randi McGinn

Randi McGinn is one of the country's leading trial lawyers, having represented thousands of clients in her 40 years of practice and tried more than 130 civil and criminal cases to verdict -- everything from trucking collisions to workplace violence to medical malpractice to products liability lawsuits. She lost only 6 of those trials, a 95% success rate. Having started out as a journalist, McGinn is known for her storytelling ability and creative use of demonstrative evidence, including animations, life-size displays, and three-dimensional models of accident scenes. The first woman president of the Inner Circle of Advocates (the 100 best trial lawyers in the U.S.), she is also recognized for devastating cross-examination.

She was appointed as a special prosecutor and tried the first New Mexico criminal case against a police officer. In 2019, she obtained the largest verdict ever against a semi-trailer manufacturer for its failure to install side underride guards. She has held every major honor in her field, including induction into the National Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame, Best Lawyers in America recognition from 1993 to present, and the Lawdragon 500.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$67.3 millionVerdict

A New Mexico jury found German device maker Biotronik and its sales representative liable for conspiring with a Las Cruces cardiologist and a hospital to implant medically unnecessary pacemakers in dozens of patients for profit.

3rd Judicial District Court, Las Cruces, NM · 2014Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$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.

New Mexico state District Court, Albuquerque · 2019Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$10.5 millionVerdict

A federal judge awarded $10.5 million to the family of Esther Nakajjigo, a 25-year-old Ugandan human-rights activist decapitated by a wind-driven metal gate left unsecured for two weeks at Arches National Park, in what the court called the largest federal wrongful-death verdict in Utah history.

U.S. District Court, District of Utah (Judge Bruce Jenkins) · 2023Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$7.75 millionVerdict

An Albuquerque jury awarded $7.75 million to Michael Webb and his wife after Presbyterian Hospital ICU staff failed to reposition him for extended stretches, causing a devastating Stage 4 pressure ulcer that remained unhealed more than five years later.

2nd Judicial District Court, Bernalillo County, Albuquerque, NM (Judge Valerie A. Huling) · 2017Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$6 millionVerdict

A state district judge awarded $6 million to the family of Christopher Torres, a 27-year-old man with schizophrenia, after finding that two plainclothes APD detectives escalated a routine warrant service into a fatal encounter, then shot him three times in the back without justification.

New Mexico State District Court, Bernalillo County (Judge Shannon Bacon) · 2014Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$2 millionVerdict

A New Mexico judge awarded Michael Brian McDonald $2,027,424.91 after finding that Zimmer's dual-modular Kinectiv hip implant shed metal debris into his bloodstream, causing metallosis and forcing two revision surgeries.

2nd Judicial District Court, Bernalillo County, Albuquerque, NM (Judge Nan G. Nash) · 2017Product LiabilityRead the full story →
Settlement

A confidential settlement ended a wrongful-death trial against Allsup's Enterprises after a Santa Fe jury, deliberating on a $51 million award, was told the case had resolved.

1st Judicial District Court, Santa Fe, NM (Judge Raymond Ortiz) · 2008Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
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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.

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New Mexico
State Bar of Colorado

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