Representative Experience
Counsels telecommunications carriers, wireless service providers, cable operators, and ISPs on an array of issues ranging from obtaining operating authority, establishing tariff and pricing regimes, negotiating interconnection and resale agreements, and securing franchise or license authority to install fiber and facilities in public rights-of-way

Represents CLECs and wireless carriers in obtaining interconnection agreements with other telecommunications carriers

Assists clients in negotiating, arbitrating, and implementing these important carrier-to-carrier contracts

Litigation involving reciprocal compensation, billing, and tariff matters before federal appellate courts and agencies

Counsels clients on dark fiber lease agreements and cross-ownership restrictions on holding wireless licenses and owning cable entities

Analyzes legal developments in the telecommunications and broadband industries through his monthly columns for the industry website, www.clec.com

Prior Experience
Associate, Cole, Raywid & Braverman LLP,
1999-2006

Publications and Presentations
“Legal and Regulatory Issues Affecting CLECS' Access to Capital,” presented at the ALTS Annual Meeting, July 22, 2002

“Bechtel v. FCC: The Beginning of the End of the FCC’s Comparative Hearing Process,” 50 Admin. Law Review 491, Spring 1998

Memberships and Activities
District of Columbia Bar

Maryland State Bar Association

Federal Communications Bar Association

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Education
J.D., cum laude, American University, 1999

B.A., Ithaca College, 1989