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Walter Howard Mayo is Managing Partner of Casner & Edwards, where he specializes in trusts and estates, cable television telecommunications law and tax. In addition, Mr. Mayo has forty years of experience in all aspects of civil litigation. He has argued in the Supreme Court of the United States, and has appeared before numerous Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal, as well as the Massachusetts State Courts. For the past thirty years, Mr. Mayo has represented cable television operators in franchise and tax matters. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Mayo was an appellate attorney with the Federal Maritime Commission in Washington, D.C. Subsequently, he served in the Department of the Attorney General of Massachusetts, where as Chief of the Administrative Division, he supervised much of the Commonwealth’s complex civil litigation. Mr. Mayo has been active in charitable and civic affairs. He has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Handel & Haydn Society, serving both as Secretary and Vice President of the Board. He was elected the first Presiding Judge of the Ecclesiastical Trial Court of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, serving in that capacity for several years. He has been active in numerous historical and genealogical associations, and he has been active in local affairs on Cape Cod, which is his home. Mr. Mayo attended Trinity College in Connecticut, where he received his bachelor’s degree with honors. He received his law degree from Yale Law School. He is a member of the Boston Bar Association. | 