Carl W. Northrop
Managing Member @Telecommunications Law Professionals Pllc
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WORK HISTORY
Managing Member @Telecommunications Law Professionals Pllc
Washington, DC, US
Carl W. Northrop handles diverse legal matters for communications companies, including general counseling on federal regulatory issues, regulatory policy advocacy at the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC) and on Capitol Hill, licensing work (including representation in FCC spectrum auctions), communications-related litigation before the FCC, federal courts, local courts and state public utility commissions, international telecommunications ventures, and a wide range of other communications-related transactions including mergers and acquisitions, equipment contracts, public and private debt and equity placements, intercarrier arrangements, interconnection agreements, agency and resale contracts, mobile virtual network operation (MVNO) arrangements, construction and management agreements, and communications-related trademark arrangements.This broad-based practice also encompasses the representation of suppliers of goods and services to the telecommunications industry including financial institutions (banks, underwriters, private equity and venture capital firms), equipment manufacturers, billing and software suppliers, application providers, communications tower and site owners and engineering firms. In addition, Mr. Northrop has represented both service providers and purchasers in major contracts for communications services, and has acted both as an arbitrator and as an expert witness in various disputes arising out of communications contracts.
EDUCATION
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)
Georgetown University Law Center
Doctor of Law (J.D.)
SKILLS
ABOUT CARL W. NORTHROP
Carl W. Northrop is the Managing Member of Telecommunications Law Professionals PLLC, a boutique telecommunications law firm in Washington, D.C. committed to assisting clients in meeting the substantial challenges they face in the rapidly changing wireless, wired, high-tech, and media industries. Much of his practice is devoted to the representation of mobile and fixed service providers of broadband and narrowband services delivered over terrestrial wireless systems, wireline networks, satellites and the internet. Mr. Northrop has been awarded the preeminent AV rating in both legal ability and ethical standards in the Lexis Nexis Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating process for twenty years. He also has been selected by his peers for the tenth year in a row for inclusion in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the practice of Communications Law and Corporate Law. He has been recognized in the Washington Post as one of Baltimore and Washington DC’s Top Lawyers for Excellence in Communications Law for 2012 and is currently listed as a Leading Lawyer in the Telecoms & Broadcast category of Legal 500 and in Super Lawyers in the Communications, Administrative Law and Mergers and Acquisitions specialties.
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