About Alexander Crecca

Alexander D. Crecca has spent his entire legal career helping and representing New Mexicans. He has extensive experience litigating and handling lawsuits, and is one of the few attorneys in New Mexico to receive a jury verdict in excess of $10 million dollars. He has broad experience handling wrongful death cases and catastrophic personal injury claims, including quadriplegia, burn injuries, brain injuries, and spinal injuries. Before founding the firm, Alex worked for an Albuquerque business and insurance defense law firm, where he learned how large insurance companies evaluate legal issues, set monetary values for claims, and defend themselves against lawsuits.

He is licensed in the state courts of New Mexico, the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, and the United States 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Alex is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of New Mexico, the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Association for Justice. He holds a Certification in Taking and Defending Depositions from the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and serves as a Board Member of the Albuquerque Bar Association. He speaks English and Spanish, has been peer-review rated AV Preeminent through Martindale-Hubbell, and has been selected to Super Lawyers from 2013 through 2024 and again in 2026.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$4.9 millionSettlementTop 20 in New Mexico · #19

New Mexico settled for $4.9 million after CYFD received multiple abuse referrals for a four-year-old boy, documented injuries consistent with serious harm at an urgent care visit, and still returned him to the home where he was beaten to death 52 days later.

Albuquerque, New Mexico (federal and state court) · 2023Wrongful 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

Loyola University Chicago School of Law
J.D., 2000
University of Texas at El Paso
Undergraduate, 1995

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New Mexico, admitted 2000

Proven verdicts and settlements from other Albuquerque firms

McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers
McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers
$67.3 Million Verdict After Cardiologist and Device Maker Conspired to Implant Unnecessary Pacemakers
Davis Kelin Law Firm LLC
Davis Kelin Law Firm LLC
$52 Million Punitive Verdict Against Insurer That Abandoned Patients and Physician in Opioid Deaths
Fadduol, Cluff, Hardy & Conaway
Fadduol, Cluff, Hardy & Conaway
$485 Million Verdict Against Acadia Healthcare in Foster Care Abuse Case
Buckingham & Vega Law Firm
Buckingham & Vega Law Firm
$73.2 million · Santa Fe Jury Awards $73.2 Million After OB/GYN Negligence Left Newborn Brain-Damaged at Birth
Caruso Law Offices Car Accident Lawyers
Caruso Law Offices Car Accident Lawyers
$5.4 Million Verdict for Widow of Man Killed in FedEx Ground Crash on I-40

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