Christopher W. Savage

Chris Savage helps navigate legal and regulatory challenges involving Internet and communications services and networks, privacy, and data security. When compromise is possible, he negotiates solutions that work. When it isn't, he litigates—against the government or private parties, as needed. And for clients who can take a longer view, Chris works with regulators and legislators to help build a legal and regulatory ecosystem where clients can flourish.

Chris brings more than four decades of diverse experience in complex regulatory matters to every client problem. His work has involved disputes arising from competitors entering established markets; technical and economic arrangements to interconnect different networks; deployment of new technology and infrastructure; data security and privacy; and complex issues of cost allocation, financial accounting, and contract interpretation. A former co-chair of DWT's Communications practice group, Chris continues to be recognized as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in Communications Law.

Internet and communications technology is always changing, so law and regulation are constantly changing too. To stay informed, Chris participates in formal and informal discussion forums with other high-level legal and technical professionals and teaches Internet Law at George Washington University and Internet Law, Information Privacy Law, and Artificial Intelligence Law at the Catholic University of America. He was recently a Fellow of People-Centered Internet, looking for ways to use internet technology to improve resiliency and innovation in developing economies. He is also the author of a well-received article on the economics of consumer privacy for the Stanford Technology Law Review, a leading academic journal addressing complex issues at the intersection of law and technology.