Active in FCC proceedings, as well as representing clients before various other state and federal agencies, the communications team at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP offers regulatory, transactional and contentious advice. The group’s clientele includes wireline and wireless clients, buyers, sellers and investors in the communications industry, as well as submarine cable operators. The team fields expertise in radio frequency spectrum matters, including licenses, compliance and equipment manufacturing. Tom Cohen leads the team from Washington DC, providing regulatory and policy advice to clients across the broadband, fiber and wireless and wireline sectors. Also in DC, Chip Yorkgitis advises on FCC proceedings, as well as handling more niche mandates, such as submarine cable agreements and intercarrier compensation. From Chicago, Hank Kelly is active in contentious matters, representing clients in litigation related to communications, energy and public utility regulation. Michael Dover, in the Chicago team, focuses on cable matters, as well as communications and broadband infrastructure and deployment.
Testimonials
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‘Chip Yorkgitis has a robust understanding of our company needs. He is fluent in regulatory speak and connecting it to engineering speak.’
Key clients
- Peerless Network, Inc.
- Q LINK Wireless, LLC
Work highlights
- Representing Peerless Network in disputes among various telecoms carriers for the payment of intercarrier compensation for telephone calls exchanged among the companies, which include proceedings pending at the FCC and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- Acting as liaison between several state regulatory authorities as Q Link actively pursues attaining nationwide certification to receive federal subsidies for wireless broadband services to low-income consumers and received a favorable ruling in May 2023 from the New Mexico Supreme Court overruling an adverse New Mexico public utilities commission ruling.