Representative Experience
Representing CLECs and wireless providers in their nationwide introduction of local facilities and services, and in federal court challenges to unlawful and discriminatory municipal franchise and right-of-way requirements

Lobbying, negotiating and litigating on behalf of cable television and telecommunications service providers before the FCC, state public service commissions, local governments, and the courts, on issues concerning broadband communications and telecommunications policy, regulation, and competition

Representing cable, telecommunications, and wireless operators in their dealings with local regulators, including local franchising; access to public rights-of-way; and wireless deployment and siting issues

Representing cable, telecommunications, and wireless operators in contract negotiations, litigation, and regulatory rulemakings regarding access to poles, conduits and easements; and access to inside wiring and premises

Representing communications clients in commercial and regulatory disputes before trial and appellate, state and federal courts

Prior Experience
Cole, Raywid & Braverman LLP, Associate,
1993-2000; Partner, 2001-2006

Publications and Presentations
Co-author, “Broadband Franchising and Telecommunications Infrastructure Deployment,” Practicing Law Institute, January 2006

T. Scott Thompson, “Review: 2005 Federal Telecommunications Right-of-Way Access and ‘Franchising’” (presented at CTIA/Tower Summit March 2005)

Co-author, “Telecommunications Franchising,” Practicing Law Institute, January 2001; January 2002; January 2003; January 2004; January 2005

T. Scott Thompson, “Federal Appeals Court Addresses Telecom Franchising Under Florida Law,” Pike & Fischer Telecom Real Estate Advisor, June 2001

T. Scott Thompson, “Federal Court Finds Likely Irreparable Harm; Enjoins City of Berkeley’s Telecom Franchise Ordinance,” Pike & Fischer Telecom Real Estate Advisor, June 2001

T. Scott Thompson, “A Response to Miller & Van Eaton’s Analysis of BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. Town of Palm Beach,” Pike & Fischer Telecom Real Estate Advisor, June 2001

Speaker on panels regarding telecommunications franchising and right-of-way use

Panelist, "DAS 101: An Exploration of Distributed Antenna Systems from Business, Regulatory, and Technology Perspectives," PCIA DAS Forum, Jan. 18, 2007

Panelist, “New Zoning Regulations – Important Facts Critical to Your Business,” CTIA/Tower Summit, April 6, 2006

Panelist, “Re-examining the Role of State and Local Governments in Telecom Regulation,” Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program, Oct. 26, 2005

Panelist, “Wireless Ordinance Writing Seminar,” CTIA/Tower Summit, March 14, 2005

Panelist, “Financial Issues: Trends in Court Decisions Involving “Reasonable” Compensation (Franchise Fees, Utility Taxes, and Assessments to Recover Administrative Costs),” Law Seminars International, Aug. 25, 2000

Member of Advisory Board, Pike and Fischer’s “Telecom Land Management Law Report” and “Communications Environmental and Land Use Law Report”

Memberships and Activities
District of Columbia Bar

American Bar Association (Forum on Communications Law)

Federal Communications Bar Association

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; United States District Court for the District of Columbia; District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Education
J.D., with Honors, George Washington University, National Law Center, 1993

• Notes Editor, The George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics