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Michael Lazarus

Telecommunications Law Professionals PLLC
  • Recognized Since:
    2014
  • Recognized in:
    Communications Law
  • Law School:
    University of Virginia
  • Website:
    https://www.tlp.law
  • E-mail:
    mlazarus@tlp.law
  • Location:
    1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1011
    Washington, DC 20036
Michael Lazarus advises domestic and international clients in the telecommunications industry on transactional and regulatory matters and represents them before the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC) and state and local regulatory bodies. He represents mobile and fixed service providers of broadband and narrowband services delivered over landline and cable networks, terrestrial wireless systems, satellites and the Internet. His experience includes: FCC regulations applicable to wireless providers, wireline carriers, cable telephone providers and broadcasters; major telecommunications acquisitions involving antitrust implications before the FCC and the Department of Justice; and participating in distant signal copyright royalty proceedings.

Mr. Lazarus handles a wide range of legal matters for telecommunications companies, including general counseling on federal regulatory issues, regulatory policy advocacy at the FCC and on Capitol Hill, spectrum auction advice, communications-related litigation before the FCC, federal courts, state courts and state public utility commissions, international telecommunications ventures, and a wide range of other transactions including mergers and acquisitions, equipment contracts, debt and equity placements, intercarrier arrangements and interconnection agreements. Prior to joining Telecommunications Law Professionals, Mr. Lazarus was an associate at Crowell & Moring LLP from 2002 until 2006 and Paul Hastings LLP from 2006 until summer 2011.
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Michael Lazarus advises domestic and international clients in the telecommunications industry on transactional and regulatory matters and represents them before the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC) and state and local regulatory bodies. He represents mobile and fixed service providers of broadband and narrowband services delivered over landline and cable networks, terrestrial wireless systems, satellites and the Internet. His experience includes: FCC regulations applicable to wireless providers, wireline carriers, cable telephone providers and broadcasters; major telecommunications acquisitions involving antitrust implications before the FCC and the Department of Justice; and participating in distant signal copyright royalty proceedings.

Mr. Lazarus handles a wide range of legal matters for telecommunications companies, including general counseling on federal regulatory issues, regulatory policy advocacy at the FCC and on Capitol Hill, spectrum auction advice, communications-related litigation before the FCC, federal courts, state courts and state public utility commissions, international telecommunications ventures, and a wide range of other transactions including mergers and acquisitions, equipment contracts, debt and equity placements, intercarrier arrangements and interconnection agreements. Prior to joining Telecommunications Law Professionals, Mr. Lazarus was an associate at Crowell & Moring LLP from 2002 until 2006 and Paul Hastings LLP from 2006 until summer 2011.
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Education:

  • University of Virginia , J.D., graduated 2002
  • Duke University , BA, graduated 1999

Bar Admissions:

  • District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar
  • Virginia, Virginia State Bar

Affiliations:

  • Federal Communications Bar Association - Member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Communications Law
 

Awards:

  • 2014 Best Lawyers - Communications Law
  • 2013 Legal 500 Recommended Attorney - Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory
  • 2014 Legal 500 Recommended Attorney - Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory
  • 2014 Legal 500 Recommended Attorney - Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactional

Special Focus:

  • Wireless
 

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Telecommunications Law Professionals PLLC
https://www.tlp.law
 
Headquarters
1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1011
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 789.3120
 
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