Patton Boggs represents a variety of telecommunications clients, including local and long distance carriers and Internet, wireless, satellite, broadcasting and cable concerns. We offer our clients full service representation with particular expertise in telecommunications policy and transactional matters.

On the policy side, for example, our telecommunications group has advised numerous companies on compliance issues associated with the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as well as counseling clients on the impact on various sectors of the industry of the revised Telecommunications Act. As the nation’s leading public policy law firm, we provide skilled counsel to clients regarding compliance with federal and state telecommunications regulations and assist them in formulating strategic plans relative to changing regulatory schemes. Our attorneys have significant experience representing client interests on Capitol Hill and before federal and state regulatory entities, such as the Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, and numerous state public service commissions. 

On the transactional side, Patton Boggs represents telecommunications clients in a range of corporate finance and commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, accessing capital markets and technology transactions.