Marisa Porras

Las Cruces, NM7 years experienceAdmitted 2017

About Marisa Porras

Marisa Porras is an Associate Attorney at Tawney, Acosta & Chaparro P.C., a personal injury firm with offices across New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.

Porras earned her Juris Doctor from Thurgood Marshall School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts cum laude from St. Mary's University. She is admitted to the State Bars of Texas (2017) and New Mexico (2021).

Proven verdicts and settlements at Tawney, Acosta & Chaparro P.C.

These results are credited to Tawney, Acosta & Chaparro P.C.. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$27.5 millionVerdict

An El Paso jury awarded $27.5 million, including $7.5 million in punitive damages, to the young son of Orlando Robles, 38, who was killed in the sleeper berth of a Mesilla Valley Transportation truck after its driver fell asleep on I-40 in Oklahoma. The full verdict across all family members was $104 million.

District Court, El Paso County, Texas · 2026Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$7 millionSettlementTop 20 in New Mexico · #14

Luna County agreed to a $7 million settlement after a sheriff's deputy driving more than 130 mph T-boned a family's car on a rural New Mexico highway, killing a 14-month-old boy and severely injuring his mother.

Luna County, New Mexico · 2024Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

St. Mary's University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas, admitted 2017
State Bar of New Mexico, admitted 2021

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