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Steve Rosen is a partner at Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby, LLP. Steve’s FCC regulatory practice focuses on federal and state regulation of wireless and wireline telecommunications and information services, including the taxation of these services, federal grant and aid programs – including the Rural Healthcare Program. Steve also assists enterprise clients navigate the regulatory challenges related to industrial radio licenses and experimental licenses. Finally, Steve serves as counsel to the aerospace industry in FCC spectrum allocation proceedings.
Steve’s transactional work revolves around technology and professional services contracts. His SaaS negotiation experience includes assisting in the transformation of a state’s business processes and IT systems from bespoke on-premises systems to a unified cloud-based system, including negotiating custom contracts with the software provider and the software systems integrator. In addition, he has worked with a state retirement agency on updating its pension administration system from a custom on-premises hardware/software system to a cloud-based modified off the shelf solution. He has also assisted a large public utility in purchasing spectrum for use in its Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (“SCADA”) Network that connects, monitors, and controls its electric generation and transmission network.
Steve brings extensive experience in applying FCC regulations to complex business scenarios, guiding clients through often ambiguous regulatory requirements to achieve practical and efficient compliance. He leverages his deep understanding of technology solutions to help clients structure technology agreements that thoughtfully balance risk and reward.
Before joining the firm, Steve was a member of the FCC regulatory practice at Wiley Rein. After graduating from law school, he clerked for the Honorable Michael Farrell on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Before he practiced law, Steve was a Second Lieutenant in the Medical Service Corps of the United States Air Force. Steve started his career as a programmer, having written the MS-DOS/C++ code for the Cindy-awarded Regimental Surgeon, an interactive video combat medic simulator.
