Mary Jo Peed, Program Co-Chair, serves as Chief Counsel for Interconnection and Procurement at BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.

Walter Sapronov, Program Co-Chair, partner at Gerry & Sapronov LLP, concentrates his practice on telecommunications law and regulation and transactions involving regulated communications carriers.

Jane R. Levine.
For information please visit Ms. Levine's page at the Cooley Godward LLP website.

David Baker is Vice President for Law and Public Policy at EarthLink, Inc. EarthLink is the nation’s third largest ISP, serving 4.9 million customers through dial-up, broadband and web hosting services.

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.

Daniel Berninger is the Managing Director of Pulver.Com and editor of the Telecom Antitrust Intelligence Report.

Jeffrey Blumenfeld is a partner at Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, LLP where he specializes in competition issues, public policy concerns, and strategic business for the technology, information, and communications industries.

Robert J. Butler is a partner in the Communications and Privacy Practices of Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP where he focuses on regulatory and legislative issues involving interconnection, information services and new technologies.

Neil S. Ende is a partner at Technology Law Group, LLC and a former partner of Blumenfeld & Cohen. He has extensive background in strategic telecommunications regulatory and technology issues and transactional matters.

Larry Ewing is Director of AT&T Business Development, responsible for developing and negotiating custom contracts for AT&T Business customers. He joined AT&T in 1976 and has since worked with clients in all market segments with special emphasis in government, health care, manufacturing, and finance.

Paul K. Ferdinands is a partner in the Financial Restructuring Practice Group of King & Spalding. His practice focuses on representing parties in connection with transactions occurring in Chapter 11 cases and in connection with the bankruptcy aspects of structured finance transactions.

Sean M. Foley, Legal Counsel - Regulatory Affairs for AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., manages the regulatory department of TeleCorp Wireless, Inc., and Trital Inc., both recently acquired subsidiaries of AT&T.

Anton Freund is a Founder and Co-President of Union Square Associates, Inc., a Connecticut based firm providing specialized telecommunications procurement counseling services to major corporations. Mr. Freund has concluded agreements with all major U.S. based carriers.

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 plannings.

John W. Hinchey, partner at King & Spalding, leads the Construction and Procurement Practice Group and is a member of the Arbitration & Mediation and Telecommunications Practice Groups. An expert in his field, he has been continually listed in Who’s Who in American Law.

C. Douglas Jarrett has been the lead counsel at Keller and Heckman LLP in the representation of major enterprises in negotiating service agreements with major interexchange carriers for over ten years.

Parkey D. Jordan is Senior Counsel at BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. where she provides legal support for BellSouth’s Interconnection Services organization.

Raymond Kowalski is Of Counsel at Troutman Sanders LLP where he has drafted and negotiated several pole attachment agreements with cable television companies and competitive local exchange carriers.

Darryl S. Laddin is a partner in the Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Practice Group of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP. His practice encompasses a broad range of commercial, litigation and bankruptcy matters.

Henry D. Levine, partner at Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby, LLP, specializes in the representation of large telecommunications users in transactions and disputes with carriers.

Bill Magness partner at Casey & Gentz LLP, has served as lead counsel in several dispute resolution proceedings before state and public utility commissions. Previously, he was Chief Counsel for the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Jeremy D. Marcus is an attorney at the Federal Communications Commission in the Wireline Competition Bureau’s Pricing and Policy Division, where he focuses on competitive pricing policies regarding the rates that incumbents charge competitive carriers for interconnection, unbundled network elements and resale.

Herbert E. Marks heads the Telecommunications Practice of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. His work has spanned a long period of the evolution of regulation of telecommunications in the U.S. and other countries.

Bernard A. Nigro, Jr. is a partner in the Washington office of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson where he concentrates his practice in the areas of antitrust, trade regulation and telecommunications law.

Paul M. Rosenblatt is a partner in the Financial Restructuring Practice Group of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP where he concentrates his practice on bankruptcy and insolvency matters.

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

Michael M. Turbes is Operations Counsel, Business Systems at BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. where his practice involves litigation management, dispute resolution, and analysis of pending legislation affecting BellSouth’s telecommunication business.

Chad S. Wachter is Vice President and General Counsel for Knology, Inc. providing advanced broadband services to both business and residential customers.