Law Seminars International Presents

An Important Two Day Conference on

Voice Over Internet Protocol

Ready for Prime-Time: Business and Regulatory Issues

May 10 & 11, 2004
Sheraton Reston Hotel in Reston, VA
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Who Should Order Homestudy

Attorneys, telecom carriers (wireline and wireless), cable system operators, medium and large users, and building owners/developers for offices and wired communities

Why Order

"A dramatic shift is underway in the telecommunications industry. Carriers and enterprise customers are transitioning from circuit-switched services to digital, Internet, packet-based networks and technologies - such as Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP). While VoIP promises to offer feature rich communications service at lower cost, uncharted legal, financial and technological challenges confront the next generation of communication providers. Led by well regarded industry experts, LSI’s comprehensive two day seminar will be of interest to VoIP providers, competitors, regulators, deal makers, and equipment manufacturers. Attend and get substantive answers to the critical issues facing the Voice Over IP industry today." ~ Program Co-Chairs: Cherie R. Kiser, Esq., and William B. Wilhelm, Jr., Esq..

What You Will Learn

Status of IP/Telephony Under Current Law Disability Access Forbearance Petition on VoIP E911 Issues Public Policy Questions for VoIP CALEA Compliance Key Economic Issues

What Attendees Said

"An excellent program." "In the future, perhaps a greater participation of state and local leaders to discuss their issues." "Good conference; subjects well chosen and well presented." 'Great faculty -- knowledgeable, prominent, well organized, and on time." "Very solid program, given the state of the subject matter." "Excellent diversity in topics and presenters." "All things considered, an excellent conference." "Stimulating conference." "Very informative." "Excellent panel discussion, great content." "The differing opinions on some panels made the conference great!" "Faculty was excellent, very knowledgeable."

Agenda

Monday, May 10, 2004
8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am Introduction and Overview: What is VoIP/IP Telephony? Why is it Important?
  William B. Wilhelm, Jr., Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP / Washington, DC
  Cherie R. Kiser, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C. / Washington, DC
8:45 am It May Look Like POTS (Plain Old Telephone Systems) Today, But It Won’t Look Like POTS Tomorrow
  Business perspective on opportunities for richer, more dynamic voice products; VoIP uses and technology
  William A. McComas, Esq.
 Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler / Baltimore, MD
  Investor perspective on viable VoIP business plans
  Craig Walker, Esq., CEO
 Dialpad Communications, Inc. / Milpitas, CA
10:15 am Break
10:30 am Status of IP/Telephony Under Current Law
  Federal Level
  Jeffrey J. Carlisle, Esq., Senior Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau
 Federal Communications Commission / Washington, DC
  State Level
  Douglas G. Bonner, Esq.
 LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae LLP / Washington, DC
12:00 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Recent Developments: Forbearance Petition on VoIP
  John T. Nakahata, Esq.
 Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis / Washington, DC
2:00 pm Regulatory Compliance for VoIP providers
  Andrew Isar, M.S., President
 Miller Isar / Gig Harbor, WA
2:45 pm Break
3:00 pm Public Policy Questions for VoIP
  CLEC perspective
  Jonathan E. Canis, Esq., Moderator
 Kelley Drye & Warren LLP / New York, NY
  ILEC perspective
  Dorothy Attwood, Esq.
 SBC Communications / Washington, DC
  VoIP Service Provider Perspective
  Brooke Schulz, Vice President of Corporate Communications
 Vonage / Edison, NJ
  Cable System Perspective
  Cherie R. Kiser, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C. / Washington, DC
5:00 pm End of Day

Tuesday, May 11, 2004
8:30 am Key Economic Issues
  Universal Service and other regulatory surcharges
  Scott Barash, Vice President and General Counsel
 Universal Service Administrative Company / Washington, DC
  Access charges and other Intercarrier compensation arrangements
  Richard Lerner, Esq., Chief of Staff
 FCC, Wireline Competition Bureau / Washington, DC
  Federal and State Taxes
  Glenn S. Miller, Esq.
 Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman LLP / Washington, DC
  Local Franchise Fees
  William M. Marticorena, II, Esq.
 Rutan & Tucker LLP / Costa Mesa, CA
10:00 am Break
10:15 am E911 Issues
  Technological capabilities
  Scott Keagy, President
 Emergicom, Inc. / San Jose, CA
  Regulatory initiatives and likely outcomes
  Rick Jones, Operational Issues Director
 National Emergency Numbers Association (NENA) / Rockford, IL
12:15 pm Lunch
1:30 pm CALEA Compliance
  What will it take for VoIP providers to meet CALEA compliance requirements?
  Stewart A. Baker, Esq.
 Steptoe & Johnson LLP / Washington, DC
  James Dempsey, Esq., Executive Director
 Center for Democracy and Technology / Washington, DC
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm Disability Access: Technological Capabilities and Regulatory Issues
  Industry perspective
  Dean L. Grayson, Esq., Corporate Counsel
 Avaya, Inc. / Washington, DC
  Consumer perspective
  Karen Peltz Strauss
 Communication Service for the Deaf / Frederick, MD
  Agency perspective
  Margaret C. Binns, Assistant Commissioner for Regional Services
 Federal Technology Service General Services Administration / Fairfax, VA
5:00 pm Adjourn

Cancellation

There is a $25 cancellation fee for Course Materials orders and $50 for Homestudy orders

Continuing Education Credits

Law Seminars International self-certifies CLE credits for Washington, California, and Alaska. For other locations, we automatically seek CLE credit approval for the state in which a seminar is held. On request, we will apply for credits from other bar associations or the accrediting bodies for other professions. The current credits status for this program is VA CLE 13.5 (#R01360) | VA CPA CPE 15.9 | CA MCLE 13.5 | FL CLE pending | GA CLE 13.3 | NY CLE 15.5 (no ethics, non-transitional) | OK CLE 16| PA CLE13.5 (#55971) | WA CLE 13.25

Cost

Our complete Homestudy Course, consisting of a VHS or DVD recording and the written course materials, is available for $905. The course materials alone are available for $100. We will ship your homestudy order via UPS ground within two weeks after the seminar or the date we receive payment (which ever is later).
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Faculty Bios

Chérie R. Kiser, Program Co-Chair, is the Managing Director and Chair of the Communications Sections for Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC. She devotes her practice to telecommunications law, and Internet related transactions. Since 1990, she has been at the forefront of the expansion of new entrants into the voice and data communications markets.

William B. Wilhelm, Jr., Program Co-Chair, is in the Technology & Telecommunications Group at Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, where he is actively engaged in representing domestic and international technology companies, including broadband telecommunications providers, domestic and international ISPs and a variety of B2C and B2B Internet sites on legal and regulatory issues.

Dorothy Attwood was named Senior Vice President of Federal Regulatory Strategy and Integration for SBC Telecommunications, Inc. in November 2002. She joined SBC from the Federal Communications Commission where she served most recently as Chief of the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau for two years until August 2003.

Stewart A. Baker is a partner with Steptoe & Johnson LLP where his practice focuses on technology, international law and trade, international arbitration and appellate litigation. His practice also includes issues relating to digital commerce, electronic surveillance, encryption, privacy, and national security.

D. Scott Barash is the Vice President and General Counsel of the Universal Service Administrative Company. He joined USAC as its first in-house attorney in 1999. Previously, he was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Jenner & Block, where he concentrated on complex civil litigation, particularly in the telecommunications field and on behalf of trade associations, charitable organizations, and other not-for-profit entities. Mr. Barash also served as a Trial Attorney with the Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, of the United States Department of Justice.

Margaret C. Binns is the Assistant Commissioner for Regional Services of the Federal Technology Service (FTS). FTS is the General Services Administration information technology and telecommunications organization. She is responsible for the management of local network services programs within the Network Services architecture.

Douglas G. Bonner has been Chairman of the Telecommunications Department of LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae, L.L.P. since 2001. Mr. Bonner has represented new entrants in regulatory proceedings before most of the state commissions in the country, the FCC, and in federal and state courts. He successfully represented MFS in state commission proceedings and litigated through federal appellate review one of the very first arbitrated interconnection agreements under the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Jeffrey J. Carlisle has managed review of applications by Bell operating companies for authority to provide interLATA service, and helped develop the FCC’s policies regarding broadband services, competitive entry into the local exchange market, and bankruptcy of common carriers. In December 2003, Chairman Powell named him Co-Director of the FCC’s Internet Policy Working Group.

Jim Dempsey is Executive Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a non-profit public interest organization working for civil liberties on the Internet. In addition to day-to-day management responsibilities, he works on privacy and electronic surveillance issues and heads CDT’s international project, the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI).

Dean L. Grayson is Corporate Counsel for all federal government sales, and to the telephony product manufacturing group for Avaya Inc. He has been Avaya’s lead counsel in advocating the insertion of disability access requirements for all public contracts.

Andrew Isar is the President of Miller Isar, Inc., a Washington State-based regulatory relations firm. He has more than 25 years of telecommunications industry experience, including more than fifteen years regulatory and government relations experience with AT&T and other carriers.

Rick Jones is the Operations Issues Director for the National Emergency Number Association (NENA). He represents NENA and 9-1-1 issues in a variety of telecommunications industry standards-related bodies, including ATIS, ESIF, INC and OBF, groups formed under NANC (North American Numbering Council) and others.

Scott Keagy is President of Emergicom Inc, which provides VoIP and IP Communications systems to the public safety industry. He serves as Chairman of the VoIP Operations Committee in the National Emergency Number Association, shaping VoIP/E9-1-1 requirements, processes, and policy. He has several VoIP and E9-1-1 patents pending, and his book, Integrating Voice and Data Networks, has been cited as "the most frequently visited reference when helping clients build VoIP networks.

Richard Lerner has been Chief of Staff of the Wireline Competition Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission since the fall of 2001. He joined the Commission in January 1995 and served as Deputy Chief of the Competitive Pricing Division of the Common Carrier Bureau from February 1998 to 2001.

William M. Marticorena, II is a partner in the Public Law Section of Rutan & Tucker, LLP where he has represented public entities on telecommunications, cable television regulation, economic development, and public finance issues for over 23 years.

William A. McComas, a partner with Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, counsels clients ranging from entrepreneurs to Fortune 100 corporations on commercial transactions across all industry sectors. He concentrates on assisting companies in creating, protecting, acquiring, developing and commercializing technology, as well as in distributing, servicing and marketing products and services.

Glenn S. Miller is a tax partner in the Washington D.C. office of Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP. He has extensive experience in domestic and international telecommunications and Internet tax issues, including tax issues relating to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), “enhanced” telecommunications services, and pre-paid and post-paid calling cards.

John T. Nakahata is a partner with Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis. His practice focuses on the development of competition in telecommunications markets, and the convergence of communications technologies and services. He is well known for providing integrated legal, policy and legislative advocacy, particularly with respect to issues needing innovative solutions to complex problems.

Craig Walker joined Dialpad Communications, Inc as Chief Executive Officer in November of 2001 from Headland Ventures, an Internet/Telecom focused VC fund, where he was a general partner. Prior to this, he was General Counsel and Associate at TeleSoft Partners where he focused exclusively on Internet and telecommunications companies. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, he was a corporate and securities attorney in the Silicon Valley at Gunderson Dettmer, and at Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison.