Leadership – Alan Poole

Alan Poole leads the legal and public policy strategies of DC BLOX, as well as day-to-day legal operations. 

Before joining DC BLOX, Alan spent 11 years at Troutman Pepper (now Troutman Pepper Locke) building and leading a successful telecommunications infrastructure practice. During his career, Alan helped clients execute significant mergers, acquisitions, and asset purchases and sales with a focus on fiber optic and data center assets, and helped his clients develop unique fiber optic routes and implement critical legal and regulatory strategies. 

Alan graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law. Alan lives in the Kirkwood neighborhood of Atlanta with his wife and two children, where he enjoys reading horror, fantasy and history, collecting guitars, making music, and going to all the live shows he can manage.