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judithslr@slrno.com 202.454.9401 (work) 703.647.0866 (m) 703.757.7768 (home office) Over the course of three decades of experience advising clients involved in various segments of the communications marketplace, Judith’s practice has evolved to focus on providing strategic counsel to senior management of both new entrants and established players alike. Beginning with her service on the FCC staff, where she helped shape a new regulatory structure that initiated the deregulation of the communications industry, Judith has practiced at the intersection of new technology, commercial reality and, typically, an outmoded regulatory structure. Whether successfully shepherding a merger between the two largest carriers in a major industry segment through the FCC and Department of Justice processes; or advising one of the largest global fiber networks on its domestic and international acquisitions; or guiding large foreign telecommunications equipment manufacturers through the intricacies of the US standards process; or representing a major financial institution in the development of a nationwide fiber network; or providing counsel to new entrants into various newly competitive markets, Judith’s clients have relied on the breadth and depth of her experience, not only to see them through the immediate challenge, but, of even greater import, to identify and avoid future ones. The experiences provide context for Judith’s practice today. For example, previously, Judith was deeply involved in shaping the regulatory structure that emerged after the 1996 Telecommunications Act, designed to facilitate the development of new, competitive communications and information services based on the concept of open network architecture. Today, she brings that experience to bear on the transparency and related concepts at issue in the debates over net neutrality and open mobile networks. Similarly, when a “shortage” of telephone numbers threatened to limit the growth of new mobile networks, Judith was at the center of the effort to minimize the potential anticompetitive impact of revamping the numbering system, and ensuring number portability. Now, she focuses on the similar concerns presented by the backward compatibility issues involved in the expansion of Internet addresses. As the search for new spectrum and more efficient uses of that resource continue, Judith’s extensive involvement in the early cellular and PCS allocation proceeding and auctions provide her clients with context for considering the similar issues at under debate today. Her experience in the development of the FCC’s rules governing the confidentiality of certain customer information acquired by telephone and mobile carriers affords Judith special insight for guiding her current clients through the growing maze of privacy policies and regulations being considered by Congress and the FTC, which have the potential to impact every web-based or mobile application or service provider. After heading the communications and technology practices at two major national and international law firms for over a decade, Judith decided that the flexibility and focus afforded by a small firm practice would provide the best platform for meeting client needs in these challenging times. Thus, along with like-minded colleagues, she helped establish St. Ledger-Roty Neuman & Olson, to focus on providing highly cost-effective service to clients confronting the sweeping technological, competitive and regulatory changes that are overtaking every aspect of the communications marketplace.
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