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- Supervised and handled as lead counsel public utility rate cases, financings, investigations and rulemakings on behalf of the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General
- Counsel of record for the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General in Maryland v. Louisiana, 451 U.S. 725 (1981) (involving First Use Tax on gas from the Outer Continental Shelf)
- Transactional and regulatory representation of a Massachusetts city regarding a municipal fiber network project using utility conduit
- Representation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and independent State agencies in telecommunications and energy contractual and regulatory matters
- Local counsel to wireless service providers and a distributed antenna system
- Representation of cable operators and the New England regional cable trade association (NECTA) in franchising, ratemaking, overbuilds in Connecticut. Vermont and Rhode Island, rulemaking, public access, pole attachment rate and other regulatory matters, including cases establishing conduit and pole attachment rates and the adoption of the “Massachusetts Formula” (Greater Media Cable, D.P.U.91-218; Boston Edison Co., D.P.U. 97-82 and Massachusetts Electric Co., D.P.U. 98-52), and Verizon’s transfer of New Hampshire and Vermont operations to Fairpoint Communications
- Local counsel to competitive local exchange carriers in state market entry, regulatory compliance, arbitration and administrative litigation matters
- Local permitting counsel to national service provider deploying conduit and fiber facilities in Eastern Massachusetts
- Part of law firm team representing Massachusetts municipal light plants
- Drafting of wireless grant of location bylaws and ordinances on behalf of municipalities and counseling municipalities on federal Telecommunications Act requirements
- Appointed City of Newton Radiofrequency Interference Remediation Fund Administrator to manage resident complaints about AM radio station radiofrequency interference, working with City consultants, radio station representatives and electric utility to identify and remediate RFI issues; established procedures and forms for resident RFI complaints
- Drafting and negotiation of City of Newton solar power purchase agreements and site leases; led multi-town intervention in electric utility rate case regarding net metering credits
- Advised City of Newton on gas leak issues and the filing of comments in Department of Public Utilities rulemaking
- Advised City of Newton regarding Chestnut Hill Square Infrastructure Development Assistance Agreement
- Representation of Town of New Shoreham, RI ( Block Island) in electric company ratemaking matters and in connection with RIPUC Block Island Wind Farm proceedings
