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Sean Stokes represents clients nationally on a wide range of communications matters including broadband, cable television, wireless communications, right-of-way management, pole attachments, barriers to community broadband initiatives, and public-private partnerships. He counsels clients in developing and negotiating agreements involving access to poles, ducts, conduits, dark fiber, and towers. He has represented municipal utilities and local governments in complex negotiations developing city-wide fiber-to-the-home networks and wireless small cell siting agreements.
Sean has advised clients in numerous cases involving complex factual, legal, and policy issues, multiple parties, and large amounts in controversy. His clients include national and state utility associations, municipal leagues, and numerous public and private entities throughout the U.S. He collaborates with multi-disciplinary teams of legal, financial, engineering, and other technical experts, assisting clients in making comprehensive telecommunications and broadband plans.
Sean has authored numerous industry publications and is the principal author of an extensive guidebook and a model pole attachment agreement for the American Public Power Association, which assists approximately 2,000 public power utilities. He is frequently invited to speak at industry conferences and has recently presented on topics such as community broadband, small cell, and pole attachments.
Sean’s extensive career experience includes counseling clients at a boutique Washington, DC telecommunications law firm, as well as Associate General Counsel for the Utilities Telecommunications Council (UTC), where he helped develop and implement the legislative and regulatory strategy of the nation’s electric, gas and water utilities regarding the adoption and implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Sean Stokes
- Telecom Alert: House Budget Proposes $10B for NG911; Broadband Access to MTEs; EBB Program Eligibility Expanded; Tribal Library E-Rate Eligibility; USF Contribution Factor [Vol. XVIII, Issue 37] - (Posted On Monday, September 13, 2021)
- Telecom Alert: FBI, CISA Warn about Ransomware Attacks; Form 477 Deadline Extended; Court Rules Against Locast Broadcast Streaming Service; EBB Imposter Website [Vol. XVIII, Issue 36] - (Posted On Wednesday, September 08, 2021)
- Telecom Alert: DC Circuit Remands RF Rules; 911 Reliability Certification System; AT&T Set Back in FCC Joint Use Ruling; VoIP Provider Violates Access Rules; Section 253 Petitions; 911 Disability Alerting System Bill [Vol. XVIII, Issue 34] - (Posted On Monday, August 23, 2021)
- Telecom Alert: Auction 105 Prohibited Communications Fines; NYPSC Unauthorized Attachment Ruling; RDOF Award Reassignment Waiver; Senate Approves Infrastructure Bill [Vol. XVIII, Issue 33] - (Posted On Monday, August 16, 2021)
- Telecom Alert: Secured and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program Procedures; 900 MHz Applications Granted; First, Sixth Circuits Rule on Cable Franchise Decisions; Mobile Broadband Map; 911 Outage Reporting NPRM [Vol. XVIII, Issue 32] - (Posted On Monday, August 09, 2021)
- Telecom Alert - Annual CPNI Certifications Due; E-Rate Funds Proposal; Comcast Delaying Internet Data Cap; NFL Seeks Partial Waiver for CBRS System - Vol. XVIII, Issue 6 - (Posted On Monday, February 08, 2021)
- Telecom Alert - 911 Fee Diversion NPRM; Rip-and-Replace NPRM; Broadband Reporting R&O and FNPRM; C-Band Auction Assignments Set to Begin; Emergency Broadband Benefit Fund Roundtable - Vol. XVIII, Issue 5 - (Posted On Monday, February 01, 2021)
- Telecom Alert - Rosenworcel Named Acting Chairwoman; Pole Attachment Declaratory Ruling; T-Band Application Suspension Modifications; C-Band Earth Stations Filing; White House Regulatory Freeze Vol. XVIII, Issue 4 - (Posted On Monday, January 25, 2021)
- Telecom Alert - Emergency Broadband Benefit Fund; 2.5 GHZ Rural Tribal Priority Window Licenses; IBM Fined More Than $24 Million; Round 2 of COVID-19 Telehealth Program; New FCC Fee Schedule - Vol. XVIII, Issue 2 - (Posted On Monday, January 11, 2021)
- 2021 Predictions - Vol. XVIII, Issue 1 - (Posted On Monday, January 04, 2021)
The National Law Review selected the Telecommunications Practice Group at Keller and Heckman as a Go-To Thought Leader for 2021 for its coverage of legislation and regulation involving the telecommunications industry. Of particular note is its frequent updates on telecommunications policy and regulations through its Telecom Alert, which breaks down the latest news affecting the industry. Keller and Heckman authors who contribute regularly to the Telecom Alerts include Jaimy “Sindy” Alarcon, James Baller, Jason P. Chun, Timothy A. Doughty, Michael T. N. Fitch, C. Douglas Jarrett, Gregory E. Kunkle, Casey Lide, Thomas B. Magee, Tracy P. Marshall, Kathleen Slattery Thompson, Sean A. Stokes and Wesley K. Wright.