Areas of Practice
Communications; Franchising; Cable; Telecommunications; Administrative Law

Representative Experience
Signal carriage and rate regulation issues

Successful representation of communications clients on must carry, retransmission consent, market modification, network non-duplication, syndicated exclusivity and rate justification issues before the FCC, state and local agencies, and federal courts

Local franchising of cable and telecommunications providers, franchise renewals and transfers, fiber lease and transportation agreements, pole attachments, and competitive entry in the local telecommunications markets

Representation of oil and natural gas producers in regulatory compliance and rate-making proceedings before state and federal agencies and courts

Prior Experience
Of Counsel, Cole, Raywid & Braverman LLP, 1994-2006

Law clerk to administrative judges, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 1987-1990

Memberships and Activities
District of Columbia Bar

Massachusetts State Bar

Federal Communications Bar Association

American Bar Association

Education
J.D., Catholic University of America, 1987

B.A. in Political Science, cum laude, Providence College, 1984