EXPERIENCE

 

Investment                 Wireless and Media Strategist – VP, Precursor Group

Analyst                       Accomplishments: Wireless sector research rated number one in the US by “Institutional Investor” 2004 and 2005 All-America Research Team surveys.

Global Strategist, Legg Mason Wood Walker

Accomplishments: Authored “The Building Blocks of Growth in the ‘New Economy’ Guide to Global Investment Precursors in Telecom, Internet, and E-Commerce”.

 

Private                        Partner – Fleischman and Walsh, LLP

Sector                          Accomplishments: Successfully represented and defended incumbents and new entrants before the US Congress, FCC, and state regulatory agencies.

Partner – Rini Coran, LLP

Accomplishments: Authored investment strategy newsletters on telecommunications and media regulatory, spectrum management, equipment, and standards issues.

           

Public                         Senior Legal Advisor to FCC Commissioner James H. Quello

Sector                         Accomplishments: Chief of Staff and Chief Counsel for legal, economic, political, and management issues on internal and external aspects of full agency jurisdiction.  Principal advisor on advanced wireless, auctions structure, and international issues.  Common Carrier advisor to Chairman James H. Quello.

Senior Attorney, FCC Office of International Communications

Accomplishments: FCC Liaison for ITU WARC 92. Chaired FCC Home Team for ITU APP 92. Sole International Advisor on PCS Task Force Auctions Group.  Chaired Multi-lateral negotiations on advanced communications.  Designated Private Radio Bureau legal expert on international radio services. Wrote rules licensing mobile satellites.

 

Assistant Attorney General, New Mexico State Corporation Commission

Accomplishments: Revised investigation and litigation procedures for Communications, Common Carrier, and Utilities Divisions.  Conducted rate hearing for tariff revisions.

 

Judicial Clerk to The Hon. Ricardo M. Urbina, DC Superior Court

Accomplishments: Wrote memoranda and drafted opinions on full trial calendar.

 

Adjunct Professor      Georgetown University Law Center.  Taught Graduate level course in International Telecommunications.  Selected as Adjunct Professor of the Year.

 

Industry Expert          US House of Representatives Commerce Committee.  Testified by invitation of the Committee orally and in writing on various bills considering the intersection of telecommunications and media regulatory policy and investment effects.

                                    Congressional Internet Task Force.  Participated in numerous fora to educate Congressional Senators and Representatives and staff.  Designated Expert on licensing and deployment of advanced Internet-based voice, data, and media communications networks and systems.

U.S. Government Accountability Office (USGAO) Report: Spectrum Management in the United States.  Private Sector representative on High Level Task Force that produced the initial comprehensive report studying wireless deployment and making policy recommendations for domestic and international spectrum management.

 

Industry Expert          NTIA Spectrum Reform Task Force.   Chosen for comprehensive U.S. Government agency task force, based on government and private sector regulatory experience and expertise in investment analysis, to make recommendations for spectrum reevaluation.  

 

Guest Lecturer           United States Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI).  Substituted for the founder, Ambassador Michael R. Gardner, at his invitation as Moderator of the Communications Roundtable.  Present semi-annual Overview of U.S. Communications Regulation.  Lecture on Communications Provision in a Competitive Environment.

American Bar Association.  Featured Speaker at several annual conventions on the subject of telecommunications and media regulation.

Center for Strategic International Studies.  Panelist on multiple seminars on comparative telecommunications deployment in foreign markets.

CATO Institute.  Frequent Panelist at seminars on Modernizing Communications Regulation and Cross-Border Coordination of Telecommunications and Media.

Wireless Summit for the Americas.  Coordinated U.S. Government participation in the Inter-American Commission on Communications (CITEL) Summit by writing and presenting papers and negotiating communiqués.

Foreign Markets Satellite Forum.  Sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center. Lectured on comparative licensing and regulation of non-GEO satellite systems.

Regulatory Training Seminar. Sponsored jointly by Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia) and Georgetown University Law Center.  Prepared curriculum and served as featured speaker at comprehensive training seminar for the Commissioners and staff of the new Colombia Communications Regulatory Commission.

Italian Research Institute.  Consulted to the IRI by reviewing, updating, and revising its internal preliminary study of telecommunications development.

 

Officer                        Federal Communications Bar Association. Elected to Board of Directors. Co-Chairman of the Young Lawyers Committee.

                                    National Hispanic Bar Association.  Elected to Board of Directors.  Chaired Annual Convention Seminar Committee.

 

PROFESSIONAL      Bar Membership: Supreme Court of The United States; U.S. Court of International

CERTIFICATION     Trade;  District of Columbia.

                                    Securities: Series 7 (Registered Representative) and Series 65 (Investment Adviser).

 

EDUCATION            J.D., Georgetown University Law Center.  Editor in Chief, Immigration Law Journal; Barristers’ Council Legal Writing and Advocacy Instructor.

B.A., cum laude, University of New Mexico.  Political Science Honors Grant; General Studies Honors Grant; Dean’s List (four years); Blue Key Honor Fraternity.