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Christopher
Galeano

Associate

Associate

Education

Clerkships

  • Hon. Richard F. Boulware II, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
  • Hon. Denny Chin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Admissions

  • California

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 PacifiCorp in litigation arising out of the 2020 Labor Day fires in California and Oregon.