Winchell Gallardo joined the firm in 2025. During law school, Winchell won First Place Brief and Third Place Team at the 2024 Hispanic National Bar Association Uvaldo Herrera Moot Court Competition. At the next competition in 2025, his team advanced to the quarterfinal round, and again he won First Place Brief, as well as Second Place Oral Advocate. He is a member of the national legal honor societies of the Order of the Scribes and the Order of Barristers. He was also honored by OU Law for his character and advocacy with the David Swank Professionalism Award and the Paul K. Frost II Memorial Award. Outside of the classroom, he served in leadership for the Chess Club; the Latin American Law Student Association; and the Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Law Society. Before joining the firm, Winchell interned as a law clerk with a large Oklahoma firm, with a city attorney’s office, with in-house counsel at a global manufacturing company, and as a licensed legal intern with the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System. Outside of work, Winchell enjoys exploring New Mexico, spending time with friends, playing grand strategy video games, and pampering his pet cat.

EDUCATION

• University of Oklahoma College of Law, J.D., 2025
  • Symposium Editor, Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Law Journal
• University of Tulsa, B.A. Political Science & Music, 2020

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Oklahoma
• New Mexico

ASSOCIATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Bar Association
• Hispanic National Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Albuquerque Bar Association 
• Tulsa County Bar Association
• Young Professionals of Albuquerque