Exhibit A
Criminal Defense Lawyers work in Las Cruces
Criminal defense demand in Las Cruces runs through Dona Ana County, where the Third Judicial District Court sits and where most local cases are filed. The firms competing for that work are mostly small owner run practices, one or two attorneys with a paralegal, rather than franchises or statewide firms with a Las Cruces storefront. Searches come from people who need a lawyer now: DWI stops on El Paseo and Lohman, warrants out of the county, bond questions after an arrest, and federal matters that pull in El Paso and the border. Much of that search happens on a phone, late, and the person is comparing two or three names they can find quickly. That is the demand available, and the firms that show up in those results are the ones people call.
