Representative Experience
More than 20 years of experience in commercial transactions in the telecommunications and high technology industries

Represents Internet content providers, Internet service providers, competitive local exchange companies, radio and television broadcasters, cable television operators, wireless service providers, programming suppliers and emerging businesses

Commercial transactions and finance, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financing, loan transactions and public and private debt and equity offerings

Assists with the organization of numerous start-up ventures, including structuring relationships among owners and establishing plans for management compensation

Contracts relating to corporate operations, including employment, licensing, equipment purchase, marketing and management agreements

In Moscow, negotiated the first commercial contract for the launch and conduct of a U.S. company’s experiment aboard the (then) Soviet space station, Mir

Featured as an expert on business organization in an interactive entrepreneurial training system developed by Electronic Data Systems and the Continuous Learning Group

Prior Experience
Of Counsel, Cole, Raywid & Braverman LLP, 1994-2006

Associate, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D.C., 1983-1994

Memberships and Activities
District of Columbia Bar

Trustee, National City Christian Church Foundation

Education
J.D., cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center, 1983

B.A. in Political Science, with Honors, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1978