Adam Gallegos is an experienced and battle-tested trial attorney with over 20 years of litigation experience representing insurance companies, policyholders, and businesses ranging from sole proprietorships to large corporations. His practice includes personal injury and insurance defense, trucking accidents, dram shop actions, commercial litigation, insurance coverage issues (including first-party insurance litigation and insolvent insurers), and appellate. Adam is an member of the Insurance Law and Litigation sections of the State Bar of Texas, and an active member of the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, working with other defense-oriented attorneys to advocate for fair courts and justice for civil defendants.

In late 2022 Adam was lead counsel for a large trucking company and its driver in a tragic case involving a drunk driver crashing head-on into the truck, killing that driver and critically injuring her nine-year-old son. In the ensuing trial plaintiffs accused the defendants of negligence for failing to swerve out of the drunk driver’s way and requested over $160 million in damages. Adam obtained a full defense verdict with the jury placing 100% responsibility on the drunk driver. Adam also recently obtained a favorable verdict for a driver involved in a minor crash where the Plaintiff asked for more than $1.6 million in damages and received less than $150,000.

Services

• Litigation

Education

• University of Denver Sturm College of Law, J.D., 1998
• Colorado State University, B.A., Speech Communication, 1994

Admissions

• State Bar of Texas
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• United States District Court for the Western District of Texas