Christopher Galeano focuses his practice on high-stakes business disputes, complex litigation, and white collar investigations.
While in law school, Mr. Galeano was the comments editor for the UCLA Law Review and the executive editor for the Chicanx-Latinx Law Review. He was a legal fellow for the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative’s Voting Rights Project, a law clerk at Alexander Krakow and Glick LLP, and a judicial extern to the Honorable Philip S. Gutierrez for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Prior to law school, Mr. Galeano served as a legislative advocate for the California Immigrant Policy Center and a legislative aide in the California State Senate.
Mr. Galeano is fluent in Spanish.
Experience
Representing a Western utility against numerous lawsuits in multiple jurisdictions across Oregon and California arising out of the 2020 Labor Day Fires. The fires burned over 500,000 acres across at least five counties in Oregon and California and allegedly destroyed over 2,000 structures. In a recent damages-only trial in which the utility faced a nine-figure damages exposure, persuaded a jury to award just a fraction of what the plaintiffs sought.