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Mclean, Virginia, US

Manage all legal and public policy issues globally for Numeracle. Responsibilities as general counsel include contracting, intellectual property, investor relations, fundraising negotiation and documentation, dispute resolution, and providing legal and strategic advice to senior management. Responsibilities as head of public policy include advocating with.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

Attorney Advisor in the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau/Competition Policy Division.Responsibilities included numbering, 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, broadband mapping, and 214 applications.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

• Provided global product and regulatory counsel for international telecommunications company with primary responsibility for operations and compliance in Croatia, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, and Spain.
• Responsible for STIR/SHAKEN regulatory compliance and global robocall mitigation efforts.
• Oversaw Tata’s compliance with European Electronic Communications Code. Responsible for global phone numbering issues.

Overland Park, Kansas, US

• Accomplishments
• Led industry efforts and obtained regulatory relief on wireless infrastructure siting requirements under NHPA and NEPA that will save Sprint more than $100 million.
• Led industry efforts and obtained regulatory relief to lower fees charged by local governments for small cell siting and to shorten timelines for small cell application approvals.
• Led regulatory efforts to become industry leader as early adopter of STIR/SHAKEN.
• Obtained dismissal or decisions not to take action in numerous federal government investigations.
• Challenged rules requiring burdensome annual audit and convinced FCC to waive requirement.

Basking Ridge, NJ, US

• Accomplishments
• Created and oversaw successful nationwide litigation strategy to combat telecommunications arbitrage schemes that had cost Verizon tens of millions of dollars per year.
• Successfully represented Verizon in business defamation case against competitor
• Secured numerous multi-million dollar judgments against non-paying wholesale customers, resulting in many becoming regularly paying customers and others filing for bankruptcy.
• Served as Verizon’s representative in complex multi-party arbitration that recovered $12M in breach of contract claim against software vendor.
• Successfully opposed class certification in several nationwide consumer class actions. Successfully defended dismissal of class action on appeal.

Washington, DC, US

• Defended major pharmaceutical company in products liability cases.
• Represented pharmaceutical company in Lanham Act false-advertising dispute with competitor.

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