Dallas DeLuca

Dallas represented the Oregon Attorney General, the State of Oregon, and Cover Oregon in their litigation against Oracle, the second-largest software company in the world, in multiple cases concerning the Oregon health insurance exchange website. Dallas played a central role in all the cases, including briefing and arguing dispositive motions, managing the litigation teams, and defending key depositions. 

Dallas co-chairs the firm's Energy practice group and represents energy companies in state and federal courts in all manner of disputes and before the Public Utility Commission of Oregon in contested case litigation, including cases pertaining to Oregon’s implementation of the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (“PURPA”) and challenges to state laws that discriminate against interstate commerce in violation of the dormant Commerce Clause.

Dallas's business experience helps him understand client problems and goals. Before entering law school, Dallas worked for eight years as an export marketing consultant for the International Trade Administration and as the director of operations for the North and Central American apparel sourcing office for Gap Inc. Dallas's background in sourcing and supply chain issues helped him understand a processed-food client’s business needs in litigation concerning an alleged breach of a multi-year supply contract; the jury returned a defense verdict for our client.

In March 2014, Dallas was recognized as a Rising Litigator by the Oregon State Bar’s Litigation Section and honored at the Section’s Litigation Institute & Retreat. He is recognized as a Super Lawyer by Oregon Super Lawyers magazine, a Best Lawyer by Best Lawyers in America®, and in 2009 he was honored by the Multnomah Bar Association as the Rookie of the Year.

Dallas volunteered at the Multnomah County District Attorney’s office in January 2013, where he prosecuted misdemeanor crimes. He has represented pro bono clients before administrative law judges and the Oregon Court of Appeals for claims for unemployment insurance benefits. In 2020, the Multnomah Bar Association presented Dallas with its pro bono award of merit. 

Dallas graduated magna cum laude from New York University School of Law, where he was an editor for the Environmental Law Journal and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Earlier, he earned a Master of International Affairs degree and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Columbia University. After practicing complex federal civil litigation at the New York City office of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Dallas moved to Oregon in 2006 to serve as a judicial clerk to Oregon Supreme Court Justice Thomas A. Balmer, before joining Markowitz Herbold in 2008.