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ELENA M. GALLEGOS
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Phone: (505) 243-6864 | 
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“When all of the complexities and distractors fall away, our success must be measured by how well we meet the real needs of all students.”
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EDUCATION

University of Texas School of Law (1988)

 

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Licensed in the States of New

   Mexico and Texas

United States Tenth Circuit Court

   of Appeals

United States Supreme Court

 

MEMBERSHIP

National School Boards Association

New Mexico State Bar

State Bar of Texas

Albuquerque Bar Association

Education Law Association

Texas Association of School Boards

   Council of School Attorneys

 

PUBLICATIONS

Editor, School Law New Mexico with

   Walsh Gallegos

Various articles for the Texas School

   Administrators’ Legal Digest

Autism Methodology Cases to Live By:

   Legal Guidance for Practical Program

   Strategies, LRP Publications: 2008

Beyond Board of Education v. Rowley:

   Educational Benefits for the

   Handicapped? American Journal of

   Education (May 1989)

Elena M. Gallegos has practiced law with Walsh Gallegos since 1988. Ms. Gallegos’ practice emphasizes Board Governance, Disability Law, Employment Law, Student Issues, and Special Education.

 

Ms. Gallegos assists districts with a variety of issues relevant to the school district’s leadership team and has worked with clients to develop better lines of communication between and among the leadership team.

 

In addition to practicing law, Elena served as a Program Specialist with the Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center (MPRRC) from 2000 to 2005. This resource was funded by the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to provide technical assistance to state departments of education in ten states including New Mexico and the Bureau of Indian Education. 

 

Elena returned to her New Mexico roots to open the firm’s New Mexico office. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Education Law Association (formerly the National Organization on Legal Problems of Education) and is a nationally-known speaker on issues of school law.

For further information about the law firm: contact Diana Stangl at 512-454-6864 at the firm's principal office in Austin, Texas