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Kathy L. Cooper is counsel in the Telecommunications Group of our Washington, D.C. office. Her practice focuses on providing clients with advice on matters of regulatory law at the federal, state, and local level, covering a variety of services including telecommunications, internet, video, Voice over Internet Protocol ( VoIP ), microwave, and broadcast. Representative Client Work Advises clients on operational, billing and regulatory compliance issues related to VoIP, universal service, E-Rate, customer privacy network information, tariffs, licensing, payphone compensation, 800 numbering and pay-per-call services Counsels clients on market entry strategies and negotiates public rights-of-way agreements with local franchising authorities for providers of telecommunications, cable television, broadband and triple-play services Advises clients on content regulatory issues, including program access, a la carte, must-carry and retransmission consent Advises clients on network access issues including building entry, inside wiring, and pole attachments Advises clients on federal and state regulatory issues related to financing, mergers and acquisitions, and asset transfers Advises clients on foreign ownership and media cross-ownership rules Assists clients with microwave licensing and compliance issues Bar Admissions Maryland, 1995 District of Columbia, 1996 Publications Comment, The Cable Industry: Regulation Revisited in the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1002, 1 CommLaw Conspectus 109 (1993) Speaking Engagements The Content Regulatory Landscape, TelcoTV Conference & Expo 2004, Orlando, FL (November 17, 2004) Professional & Civic Activities Federal Communications Bar Association Education J.D., cum laude, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 1994 B.S., cum laude, University of Maryland, 1988 | 