A Comprehensive Conference On
NEGOTIATING
TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEALS

Faculty

Mary Jo Peed, Program Co-Chair, serves as Chief Counsel for Interconnection and Procurement at BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. She is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy.

Walter Sapronov, Program Co-Chair, is a partner at Gerry & Sapronov LLP. Mr. Sapronov concentrates his practice on telecommunications law and regulation and transactions involving regulated communications carriers. He represents numerous clients before the Georgia Public Service Commission, the FCC, and the Georgia State Legislature.
For more information please visit the Gerry and Sapronov LLP Website.

William B. Baker is a partner in the law firm of Wiley Rein & Fielding. He has practiced for more than 17 years in the areas of high technology, communications, and postal law, with a particular interest in privacy, e-commerce, and telecommunications.

Stephen R. Bell is a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher where he has counseled clients on a variety of legal matters in the telecommunications field for over 25 years. More recently, Mr. Bell has focused on the regulatory issues involved in the construction and provision of undersea cables facilities and related terrestrial services.

Jeffrey Blumenfeld is a partner at Blumenfeld & Cohen where he specializes in business and legal strategy for the technology, information, and communications industries. He specifically counsels clients on competition issues, public policy concerns, and strategic business issues.

Robert J. Butler is a partner in the Communications and Privacy Practices of Wiley Rein & Fielding and Co-Chair of the firm’s Internet practice. He focuses his practice on telecommunications regulation with a special emphasis on regulatory and legislative issues involving interconnection, information services and new technologies.

Eduardo M. Carreras is Senior Intellectual Property Counsel with The Coca-Cola Company where he has been since 1983. During this time, he has served in matters relating to patents, copyrights, trademarks, and technology.

Leah G. Cooper serves as Corporate Counsel for BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. She is responsible for the company’s wireless and CLEC interconnection agreements.

Susan P. Crawford is a member of the E-Commerce Group at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. She has broad experience in Internet policy issues (e.g. consumer protection, advertising, and privacy), software licensing, and intellectual property issues relating to high-tech industries.

Norman B. Gerry is a partner at Gerry & Sapronov LLP where his practice includes telecommunications law, construction law, commercial real estate transactions, including development, finance and leasing, and estate planning.
For more information please visit the Gerry and Sapronov LLP Website.

Bruce N. Hawthorne is a senior partner at King & Spalding where he chairs the firm's Telecommunications Industry Practice. Mr. Hawthorne focuses on securities laws, mergers and acquisitions, strategic joint ventures, venture capital transactions and public offerings. He served as lead outside counsel for Sprint Corporation in its proposed merger with MCI WorldCom.

C. Douglas Jarrett is a member of Keller and Heckman LLP where he counsels and represents clients on numerous issues arising under international and domestic telecommunications law. His expertise includes competition into local exchange markets, access charges, the regulation of enhanced services, and electronic privacy. For more information please visit the Keller and Heckman LLP website.

Richard Keck is a partner at Troutman Sanders LLP where he concentrates on the areas of telecommunications and e-business in the wake of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the World Trade Organization Telecom Accord, and the rise of the Internet as a medium of communication.

Kenneth A. Klatt is the General Attorney in the Law Department of Delta Air Lines, Inc. His practice includes varied procurement transactions, including telecommunications services.

Andrew M. Klein joined Kelley Drye & Warren LLP after serving as Session Counsel to the New York Public Service Commission. He was lead counsel for the Commission’s review of Bell Atlantic’s Section 271 application. He also was instrumental in development of the Bell Atlantic/ Verizon Post-271 Performance Assurance Plan.

Paul D. Leake is a partner in the Business Finance and Restructuring Department of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP. His practice concentrates on business reorganizations, and he has represented all of the major constituencies in restructurings in a wide range of industries.

Andrew D. Lipman is a partner at Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman LLP where he is the Vice-Chairman of the firm and head of the firm’s Telecommunications Group. He also served as the Senior Vice President of Legal and Regulatory Affairs for MFS Communications, the nation’s largest competitive local services provider.

James A. Macke is Local Regulatory Manager for AT&T Broadband. He is responsible for franchise compliance, renewals, and transfers for 163 communities throughout Georgia. Prior to joining AT&T, he was Telecommunications Franchise Coordinator for the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA).

Laura F. H. McDonald is a partner at Levine Blaszak Block & Boothby LLP where she counsels large users and new market entrants in the negotiation of service agreements and interconnection arrangements. She represents clients in local telecommunications markets in the negotiation of their user agreements with incumbent local exchange carriers.

Jeffrey A. Moerdler is the New York Office Section Head for Real Estate and Communications for Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC. He has negotiated hundreds of rooftop antenna leases, inside wiring agreements, antenna tower leases, and switch facility leases nationwide.

Jonathan J. Nadler is a partner with Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP where he has worked extensively on issues regarding telecommunication liberalization, broadband deployment, and the growth of the Internet.

Harvey Saferstein is Of Counsel in the Litigation Section of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC. His practice specializes in antitrust and trade regulation counseling and litigation and complex commercial and business litigation. Currently, he is consulting with the California Public Utilities Commission on antitrust matters.

Christopher W. Savage is a partner at Cole Raywid & Braverman LLP where he is a leading practitioner on the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Shortly after its passage, he successfully negotiated the nation’s first interconnection agreement between a cable operation and an RBOC.

Chad S. Wachter is the Vice President, General Counsel for Knology Holdings, Inc. Prior to joining Knology, he served as the Assistant General Counsel of Powertel, Inc. an affiliate that offers the largest contiguous PCS network in the Southeast.

Daniel M. Waggoner is a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP where he serves as Co-Chair of the firm's Communications, Media, and Information Technology Departments. He has been involved in many major communications and media issues throughout the country.