Allen Grogan
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| Affiliation: | ICANN | ||
| Country: | United States | ||
| Email: | allen.grogan [at] icann.org | ||
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Allen Grogan has served as Chief Contract Compliance Officer since October 2014, overseeing Contractual Compliance and Consumer Safeguards. Prior to this position Grogan served as ICANN's Chief Contracting Counsel, beginning in May of 2013.[1]
Education
Mr. Grogan earned a J.D. and an M.A. in communications management from the University of Southern California. He earned his undergraduate degree at Oberlin College.
Career History
Mr. Grogan began his legal career in Los Angeles at Irell & Manella LLP, then joined Blanc Williams Johnston & Kronstadt, which subsequently merged with Arnold & Porter LLP.
After almost two decades as a partner heading the high technology transactional practice at Blanc Williams Johnston & Kronstadt, he spent six years as VP Corporate Development and General Counsel at Viacore, Inc., a B2B supply chain solution company.
His next seven years were spent as the Senior VP and Chief Legal Officer for Jazz Semiconductor, now part of TowerJazz. During this period he also worked with several high technology startups and investment firms before joining ICANN.[2]
In 1984 Mr. Grogan co-founded The Computer and Internet Lawyer, the leading professional journal devoted to legal issues relating to the computer and online industries and served as its co-editor-in-chief for fifteen years. Mr. Grogan has also served on the editorial boards of The Cyberspace Lawyer and The Journal of Internet Law. He is the co-author and co-editor of the book Business and Legal Guide to Online-Internet Law and a former Vice-Chairman of the American Bar Association Computer Law Division of the Section of Science and Technology.[3]