Alan Galloway

Alan Galloway is a Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in Portland whose practice centers on communications networks and digital infrastructure. He advises clients developing and using fiber, wireless, data center, subsea cable, and 5G systems. His work includes infrastructure agreements, regulatory approvals, local rights-of-way issues, and emerging technology matters involving cloud services, autonomous drones, and connected devices. He is admitted to practice in Oregon.

Galloway earned a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where he was Order of the Coif and worked on the Berkeley Technology Law Journal. He also earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Duke University and a B.A. in Philosophy, summa cum laude, from Whittier College. His legal and technical background supports detailed work involving communications regulation, infrastructure contracts, and technology-driven business models.

Galloway has a decade of experience negotiating agreements and securing approvals for connectivity projects. His work includes data center leases, dark fiber arrangements, IRUs, interconnection agreements, transit agreements, subsea cable rights, and colocation at cable landing stations. He has represented clients before the FCC, state utility commissions, and local governments, and has challenged regulatory decisions in administrative proceedings and state and federal courts.

Alan Galloway has taught telecommunications law as an adjunct professor at Lewis & Clark Law School and has served in leadership roles within communications and commercial-law organizations. His professional background includes earlier work as a programmer, software engineer, and technology manager. That combination of legal, regulatory, and technical experience helps him advise infrastructure providers and technology companies on the agreements and approvals needed to build and operate modern networks.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
• Member, Oregon State Bar
• Former Chair, Oregon State Bar Energy, Telecom & Utility Law Section
• Board Member, Youth, Rights, and Justice (2015-2022)
• Co-chair, Multnomah Bar Association Equality & Diversity Committee (2013-2014)
• Member, Federal Communications Bar Association (2014-2022)
• Chair, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel Commercial Practice Group (2016)
• Publications Liaison, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (2011-2013)

Licensed State

• Oregon

Education

• University of California, Berkeley School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Duke University
  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Philosophy
• Whittier College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Philosophy

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