Jesse Gallegos is Senior Counsel at Singleton Schreiber and part of the firm’s Fire Litigation Practice. His thorough understanding of litigation strategy and regulatory compliance has been crucial to navigating the complexities of wildfire liability cases, helping to secure favorable outcomes for clients who have suffered devastating losses in catastrophic fires. Before joining Singleton Schreiber, Jesse served as General Counsel and Chief Government Accountability Officer for the New Mexico Office of the State Auditor, providing sensible counsel and managing key litigation and public policy initiatives. He led the Office’s investigation into Pharmacy Benefit Managers, facilitating increased accountability regarding prescription drug costs, and worked closely with the New Mexico Supreme Court, establishing monitoring programs for conservatorships and driving significant government reforms. Jesse also gained extensive litigation, transactional, and negotiation experience representing clients in business, trust, and estate matters in Santa Fe and Denver. Jesse earned his Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law, where he served as a manuscript editor for the New Mexico Law Review. He received his undergraduate degree in politics from Pomona College in Claremont, California. Jesse is a pragmatic and trusted legal advocate throughout New Mexico and spends his free time pursuing his passions outdoors and finding new challenges and adventures.

Michael Duran is Partner at the Albuquerque office of Singleton Schreiber, where he brings over two decades of extensive litigation experience to the firm’s Personal Injury practice group. Mr. Duran is a lifelong New Mexican and has strong ties to northern New Mexico where his family can be traced back for several generations. His comprehensive background in handling personal injury cases at both state and federal levels includes automobile collisions, trucking accidents, premises liability, and motorcycle collisions. Before joining Singleton Schreiber, Mr. Duran served as the Managing Litigation Attorney at a prominent plaintiff law firm in Albuquerque for more than 17 years. In this role, he managed attorneys across the firm, filed and litigated numerous cases in New Mexico up and through trial. In that time, Mr. Duran took over a dozen cases to trial and verdict. His responsibilities also included supervising support staff and participating in extensive litigation activities. Earlier in his career, Mr. Duran served as an Insurance Defense Litigation Attorney at Stiff & Associates, Miller Stratvert LLP, and Houliston and Associates in Albuquerque, NM. In these positions, he litigated a wide range of insurance cases, maintaining a substantial caseload and fulfilling extensive litigation responsibilities including discovery, depositions, motions practice, and mediations. Mr. Duran earned his Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law, where he made the Dean’s List and received a Certificate in Basic Mediation. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Management and Information Systems from the University of Phoenix. An active member of several prestigious legal associations, Mr. Duran serves on the Board of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers and is a member of the National Trial Lawyers, the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, the American Association for Justice, and the National Hispanic Bar Association. Bilingual in English and Spanish, Mr. Duran leverages his language skills to effectively communicate and advocate for a diverse range of clients. Outside of his legal practice, Michael enjoys hunting, fishing, golfing, cooking, eating, and traveling. He and his wife, Laura, are blessed with a blended family of six adult children, their spouses, and grandchildren.