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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 the Federal Communications Commission and other governmental and regulatory bodies around the world.

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.• Led regulatory efforts to obtain government consent to exit unprofitable legacy lines of business.Responsibilities• Advocate for Sprint with FCC commissioners and staff during ex parte meetings.• Advocate for Sprint with Congressional and White House staff.• Represent Sprint before trade associations and industry groups, including the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee as Sprint’s alternate and the FCC Robocall Strike Force.• Represent Sprint in Enforcement Bureau and Office of Inspector General investigations, formal/informal complaints, and subpoenas at the FCC, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and other government agencies. Supervise other Sprint attorneys, paralegals, and outside counsel in responding to investigations. Negotiate settlements and consent decrees with government investigators. Implement consent decree obligations.• Draft comments for Sprint for submission to the FCC on a wide variety of subjects, including wireless antenna siting and associated historic/environmental reviews, Lifeline/USF, interconnection, special access reform, robocalls, 911, and other issues.• Formulate long-term policy for Sprint on robocall mitigation, wireless tower siting, interconnection, intercarrier compensation, Lifeline, and numerous other issues.

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.• Devised successful litigation strategy and managed litigation to obtain $28M judgment against competitor in a dispute where Verizon had previously offered to settle for $3M. Recovered $20M after forced sale of opposing party facing imminent bankruptcy.• Obtained judgments and verdicts for Verizon in jury trials, bench trials, and arbitrations, amassing a 5-0 record in cases that progressed to a trial or other evidentiary hearing.Responsibilities• Created litigation strategy, budgeted, and managed caseload of more than a dozen major ($5 million+) matters and numerous additional minor matters simultaneously.• Managed and supervised junior in-house attorneys and paralegals.• Litigated wide variety of cases, including: telecommunications, collections, privacy, class actions, commercial contracts, government contracts, torts, defamation, construction, and bankruptcies. • Negotiated and drafted complex settlements and contract amendments.• Formulated and implemented wholesale credit and collections strategies for division with $10 billion annual revenue.• Drafted numerous motions, including motions to dismiss and summary judgment motions.

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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