Rebekah A. Gallegos

Associate

Tel: (505) 247-4800
Fax: (505) 243-6458
rgallegos@peiferlaw.com
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Legal Assistant: Gretchen A. Byrne
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Rebekah Gallegos graduated Cum Laude, from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2014. During law school, she served on the Editorial Board of the New Mexico Law Review and worked as a teaching assistant for Professor Max Minzner’s Civil Procedure course, as a research assistant for Professor George Bach, and as a law clerk for two local firms. Rebekah received the Clinical Honors Award for her work with the University of New Mexico School of Law Business and Tax Clinic and academic honors in property law. After graduating from law school, Rebekah clerked for the New Mexico Supreme Court, before entering private practice in 2015. Rebekah currently practices in the areas of criminal law, general civil litigation, personal injury, employment litigation, and appellate law. Rebekah assists clients with a wide range of matters including pre-litigation issues, internal investigations, litigation, and full briefing and oral arguments in New Mexico appellate courts and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has also served as an adjunct faculty member for the University of New Mexico’s Law School Lab course for first-year law students.

Areas of Practice

General Civil Litigation
Personal Injury
White-Collar Criminal Defense
Employment Litigation
Appellate Law
 

Education

University of New Mexico, B.A., 2010
University of New Mexico School of Law, J.D., Cum Laude and with honors, 2014

Admitted

New Mexico
U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

Bar Association Memberships

State Bar of New Mexico
Hispanic National Bar Association
New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Biography

2021 Southwest Rising Star
2022 Southwest Rising Star

Reported Cases

United States v. Ramon, 958 F.3d 919 (10th Cir. 2020)