Education
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American University Washington College of Law, J.D., Editor-in-Chief, American University Journal of Law & Policy, 1990
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George Washington University, B.A., 1983
Bar Admissions
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District of Columbia
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New York
Clerkships
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Hon. Gregory W. Carman III, Acting Chief Judge,
U.S. Court of International Trade,
1990
- 1992
Court Admissions
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United States Supreme Court
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
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U.S. Court of International Trade
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U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
Awards and Honors
- Department of Commerce Environmental Stewardship Award, 2010
- Outstanding Implementation and Deployment of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, 2010
- U.S. Department of Justice Sustained Superior Performance Award, 1996
- U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement Award, 1994
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Cynthia Schultz draws upon her extensive federal, corporate and litigation experience in the public and private sectors – where she has served a diverse group of parties – to assist clients with a variety of regulatory, business and international issues involving telecommunications, technology, international trade and transactional matters. She advises on all four Universal Service Fund Support Mechanisms: the E-Rate, Rural Health Care, Lifeline/Linkup and High Cost Programs, and is a leading expert on both the NTIA Broadband Technology Opportunity Program and the RUS Broadband Infrastructure Program created through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. She also has in-depth knowledge of federal Distance Learning, Telemedicine, Broadband and Community Connect grants and loan programs.
Ms. Schultz has unparalleled experience working with service providers, states, nonprofit organizations and school districts that participate in the Universal Service Fund E-rate Program. She is well positioned to cater to the federal compliance needs of ARRA grant recipients, subrecipients and contractors in the areas of broadband, health care IT and smart grid technology. She also is highly specialized in the areas of federal and state criminal and civil investigations and inquiries, qui tam actions, regulatory enforcement proceedings and in providing strategic advice, business-focused advocacy and litigation support.
Prior to returning to Patton Boggs, Ms. Schultz served as director of post-award grants administration, compliance and audits for the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). During her tenure with NTIA, she also served as a Tribal, Environmental and GAO/IG liaison under the BTOP Program.
Before joining NTIA, Ms. Schultz was a partner at Patton Boggs from 2006-2009. Prior to that, she served as director of service provider support for the Schools and Libraries division of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), where she worked to improve the stature of more than 4,000 service providers (telecommunications carriers, ISPs and internal connections providers). She is known as one of the leading authorities on the E-rate Program which disburses up to $2.25B annually to companies that provide Internet access, telecommunications and internal connections to the K-12 educational market nationwide.
Ms. Schultz held a senior management position in the National Competition and Regulatory Policy group at a prominent global business and residential communications company prior to her leadership role at USAC. She was associate counsel for Law and Public Policy at a leading global telecommunications company and served as a trial attorney in the distinguished Attorney General’s Honors Program in the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division – Commercial Litigation Branch, International Trade Group.
Ms. Schultz’s overseas endeavors include post-graduate work in the fields of international law and economics at Beijing and Fudan Universities in China, Philipps Universität in Germany and Belgium’s College of Europe. She has sophisticated knowledge of global, multi-cultural sensitivities and perspectives and is an accomplished public speaker and a published writer.
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