Attorney Andy Pollock
(402) 473-2154
apollock@remboltlawfirm.com
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About

Andy's practice is focused on government relations, tourism, and broadband with an emphasis on rural economic development. An alumnus of a one-room country school in Keith County and current resident of rural Seward County, Andy has a passion for helping rural Nebraskans. He represents local broadband providers across the state and has been instrumental in helping them provide farmers and ranchers with access to reliable and affordable high-speed Internet services. Pollock spends considerable time in western Nebraska, including the Panhandle and Sandhills. Professionally and personally, he has been an active proponent of Nebraska as a tourist destination. He co-founded and continues to operate the Sandhills Marathon, which attracts runners from across the United States and internationally.  Pollock is a novelist and published author, whose works feature Nebraska and Native American history. His strengths include ideation and connectedness. He has a proven track record of creative and strategic collaboration. For example, Andy's work lobbying for and leading negotiations on 2015 agritourism legislation was praised by The Omaha World-Herald as a useful example of how patient, collaborative lawmaking can overcome complications and tackle a difficult issue.

Education

University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Bachelor of Journalism, with distinction, 1988
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1992

Admissions

Nebraska

Successes

2023. Andy led a team to draft and advocate for the successful passage of two important pieces of broadband legislation during the 2023 Session of the Nebraska Legislature. The first established the specific duties of Governor Pillen's new Broadband Office, which will soon oversee the administration of more than $400 million in federal funds for infrastructure construction.
2023. The same team also drafted Sen. Bostelman's Rural Communications Sustainability Act and facilitated negotiations with lawyers across the country representing national cable and telecommunications carriers. The month-long negotiation resulted in consensus legislation that was passed without an opposition vote. The purpose of the Rural Communications Sustainability Act is to ensure that all Nebraskans have access to affordable and reliable broadband services, especially those in rural areas where a business case cannot be made for providing services.
2022. Despite strong resistance from several special interests and legislative leaders, Andy successfully pushed legislation to make sure that broadband providers receiving taxpayer subsidies to build infrastructure have long-term commitments to serve customers.
2021. Through collaboration with diverse stakeholders, Andy led successful efforts to pass legislation that (i) increases accountability over government funds used for broadband deployment and (ii) is designed to improve competition in rural areas that lack adequate broadband services.
2020. Andy led the successful defense against legislation pushed by an out-of-state think-tank to completely deregulate Nebraska's passenger transportation industry, which would have jeopardized public safety, as well as critical services for the elderly and impoverished.
2019. On behalf of the state travel industry, Andy and his team successfully lobbied for legislation to ensure fairness in application of lodging taxes.
2018. Andy spearheaded efforts of rural telecommunications companies to support legislation that would accelerate broadband infrastructure construction by opening rural areas to competition.
2017. In the wake of a scathing audit of the Nebraska Tourism Commission, Andy worked with Sen. John Stinner to craft legislation to restructure the Commission. The legislation passed 48-0 and will ensure more diversity in the Commission and better oversight of its work and finances.
2016. Andy successfully directed efforts to kill legislation that would have allowed cities to take over control of local libraries, threatening privacy protections, and First Amendment rights.
2015. On behalf of hte travel and tourism industry, Andy orchestrated efforts to secure the passage of the Nebraska Agritourism Promotion Act, which limits liability for farmers and ranchers to encourage them to open up their private land for agritourists. Andy led negotiations with the Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys to forge compromise legislation. An Omaha World-Herald editorial touted the negotiations as a useful example of how patient, collaborative lawmaking can overcome complications and tackle a difficult issue