Representative Experience
Successfully negotiated the nation's first telecommunications interconnection agreement between a cable operator and an incumbent phone company shortly after the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

Represents competing telecommunications providers (including firms using wired and wireless technologies) in state and federal regulatory matters, negotiating interconnection agreements, universal service, pricing, tariffing, and other matters

Represents various Internet-related entities in regulatory matters and issues relating to Web hosting, Internet addressing, and domain names

Contract negotiation for the country's premier originator of radio programming to provide its content for the site of the leading firm in Internet audio streaming technology

Negotiation and litigation regarding inter-carrier compensation for dial-up calls to ISPs; provides advice and analysis regarding compliance with the Carrier Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) in the context of advanced packet-mode communications architectures; arbitration of interconnection agreements; successful litigation in a state supreme court to overturn a state regulator’s approval of an "incentive regulation" plan for an RBOC

Advises cable television operators on regulatory and other legal issues relating to cable-delivered Internet and telephone services, and has been an active participant in the FCC's proceedings regarding compensation payments to CLECs for completing calls to ISPs, efforts by the FCC to take steps to encourage the deployment of advanced telecommunications capabilities, and other matters

Prior Experience
Partner, Cole, Raywid & Braverman LLP,
1993-2006

Regulatory Attorney & Senior Attorney, Bell Atlantic, 1985-1993

Associate, O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., 1980-1985

Publications and Presentations
“Broadband Markets and Policies Needed for Their Expansion,” presentation to the Wyoming Telecommunications Council, Caspar, Wyoming, June 2006

“Telecom Law for the Rest of Us,” Panel Discussion (with Robert Cannon) at the Computers, Freedom & Privacy conference, Washington, D.C., April 2006

“United States Telecom Privacy Laws,” Panel Discussion, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers, Vancouver, BC, December 2005

“The IP Revolution and Challenges to Local Authority,” Presentation to the Annual Meeting of NATOA, Washington, D.C., September 2005

Panel Discussion on VoIP regulation at “Netheads v. Bellheads” Conference, Cardozo Law School, New York, NY, September 2004

“Telecom Law for the Rest of Us,” Panel Discussion (with Robert Cannon) at the Computers, Freedom & Privacy conference, Berkeley, CA, April 2004

“Public Policy Issues for VoIP – A Cable Industry Perspective,” Presentation to Law Seminars International Conference, October 2003

“Convergence of Cable Television and Telecommunications – The Regulatory Implications Of Internet Access And Voice Communications Over Cable Television Systems,” Presentation to Law Seminars International Conference, March 2001

“Convergence of Cable Television and Telecommunications – The Regulatory Implications Of Internet Access And Voice Communications Over Cable Television Systems,” Presentation to Law Seminars International Conference, January 2000

“The Internet – A technical and Legal Primer,” Presentation to FCBA/Computer Law Section, September 1999

“Connecting to the Internet,” Presentation to the National Conference of Regulatory Attorneys, June 1999

C.W. Savage, “Antitrust Considerations Relating to the Distribution of Intangible Information Services,” The Antitrust Bulletin, Vol. XXX, No. 4, Winter 1985

C.W. Savage & G.N. Horlick, “United States Voluntary Restraint Agreements: Practical Considerations and Policy Recommendations,” Stanford Journal of International Law, Vol. 21, No. 2, 1985

G.N. Horlick, J.H. Bello & C.W. Savage, “New Developments in Foreign Government Subsidies: Current and Proposed Responses under the U.S. Countervailing Duty and Antitrust Laws,” Fordham Corporate Law Institute, Annual Proceedings, 1985

R.C. Warmer, B.M. Cooper & C.W. Savage, “Antitrust Considerations Relating to PPOs,” in P. Boland, ed., The New Healthcare Market: A Guide to PPOs for Purchasers, Payors and Providers, DowJones-Irwin, 1985 G.N. Horlick & C.W. Savage, “Steel Trade Wars, 1968-84: How Washington Became the Center of U.S. Steel Trade,” WorldLaw, July/August 1984

Memberships and Activities
District of Columbia Bar

State Bar of California

Federal Communications Bar Association

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Education
J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1980

A.B. in Economics & Sociology, magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1977