Mark P. Schreiber chairs the firm's management committee and represents technology clients in business, litigation, and regulatory matters. He regularly appears before the California Public Utilities Commission and the Federal Communications Commission. He also assists clients in matters before the Nevada Public Utilities Commission, the Justice Department, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and various other state and federal regulatory agencies. A major portion of his practice today includes representation of telecommunications companies in proceedings related to implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 including rate cases, complaint matters, service applications, interconnection disputes, and other administrative matters. He also advises the firm's clients about Internet law issues, the Digital Millenium Copyright Act and related legislation, and business and transactional matters subject to regulatory requirements, with particular attention to the needs of the firm's media clients. From time to time, he presents programs for the Western Rural Telephone Association, the California Telephone Association and other organizations about recent developments in telecommunications regulation and related matters. As an example of the breadth of his practice, Mr. Schreiber has supervised international regulatory compliance projects for the firm's technology clients with particular attention to product safety and telecommunications requirements in Canada, Mexico, Asia, South America and the European Economic Community. Mr. Schreiber is admitted to practice in the states of California and Nevada, and is an inactive member of the District of Columbia Bar. He is a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association and the California Conference of Public Utility Counsel. He has also served as an officer and director of various non-profit community organizations and is a former member of the San Francisco County Civil Grand Jury. Mr. Schreiber received his J.D. degree magna cum laude from the University of San Francisco in 1984. He joined Cooper, White & Cooper LLP in 1988 after working as a regulatory attorney for Pacific Bell in San Francisco. |