Profile of Pia Gallegos

Aggressive representation on workplace issues

Pia Gallegos has been an attorney for more than 32 years. She has practiced employment law in local and federal courts in New York City, San Juan, Puerto Rico and New Mexico, and before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Pia Gallegos has achieved the following million-dollar results:

  • Multi-million dollar settlement against a major corporation in New York City on behalf of four black employees, after a jury verdict on the merits
  • Million-plus dollar jury verdict on behalf of a disabled plaintiff against a New Mexico state agency
  • Million-plus dollar verdict on behalf of a sex discrimination plaintiff against a New Mexico bank
  • Multi-million dollar settlement with famed attorney Gloria Allred on behalf of a group of women employees who were sex harassment victims of managers in a major national chain

Get straightforward advice about your employment problem

Pia Gallegos consults with you about your employment concern and offers alternatives to litigation when possible. She has extensive experience negotiating settlements without trial, and she often resolves conflicts through mediation.

 

av-250-2017Admitted to practice

  • New Mexico, 1983
  • New York, 1985
  • Puerto Rico, 1989

Professional affiliations

  • State Bar of New Mexico
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Puerto Rico Bar Association
  • National Employment Lawyers Association

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish