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Thomas Magee joined Keller and Heckman in 2000. Mr. Magee provides regulatory, transactional and litigation counsel to investor-owned electric utilities, electric cooperatives and municipalities regarding pole attachments and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licensing of private wireless telecommunications services.
Mr. Magee has helped to resolve dozens of pole attachment disputes affecting make-ready costs, safety violations, unauthorized attachments, annual rental rates and other terms and conditions of access. He negotiates, arbitrates/mediates and (when necessary) litigates these disputes before federal and state courts, the FCC, and state public service commissions.
Mr. Magee has negotiated and drafted numerous joint use and pole attachment agreements, and he co-drafted the Sample Pole Attachment Agreement used by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's members nationwide. He advocates vigorously for electric utility pole owners in contract negotiations, dispute resolutions, and federal and state rulemaking and legislative proceedings.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Thomas B. Magee
- Telecom Alert: November 13, 2017 - Pole Attachment and IP-Transition Items; Blocking Robocalls; Spectrum Frontiers; NG-911 Grant Program; Senate Approves NTIA Head - (Posted On Monday, November 13, 2017)
- Telecom Alert: November 6, 2017 - FirstNet Update; Spectrum Frontiers Proceeding; Pole Attachment Coalition; Next Generation 911 Act; MAS Licensing Update - (Posted On Monday, November 06, 2017)
- Telecom Alert: October 30, 2017 - 3.65 GHz NPRM; Draft Pole Attachment Orders; 911 Reliability Certification Deadline; Spectrum Frontiers Proceeding; 800 MHz Band Forum - (Posted On Monday, October 30, 2017)
- Telecom Alert - Mid-Band NOI Reply Comment Deadline Extended; Verizon E-rate Non-Compliance Settlement; Revised 3.65 GHz Rules Expected; FirstNet Update; Upcoming Events - Vol. XIV, Issue 43 - (Posted On Monday, October 23, 2017)
- Telecom Alert - October 16, 2017: WTB Denies TerreStar Waiver Request; FirstNet Update; FCC Imposes Fine for PLMR Interference; T-Band Migration Concerns - (Posted On Monday, October 16, 2017)
- Telecom Alert - October 10, 2017: 3.5 GHz NPRM; Redl and Pai Confirmation Updates; FirstNet Update; USF High Cost Support Advances for Puerto Rico; Mid-Band Spectrum NOI Responses - (Posted On Tuesday, October 10, 2017)
- Telecom Alert: October 2, 2017 - MCLM Case Dismissed; Landowner Fined for Pirate Radio; Senate to Vote on Pai's Nomination; 911 Access NOI Adopted; FirstNet Update - (Posted On Monday, October 02, 2017)
- Telecom Alert: September 25, 2017- FCC and USDA Respond to Hurricanes; 911 Grant Program NPRM; FirstNet Update - (Posted On Tuesday, September 26, 2017)
- Telecom Alert: September 11, 2017 - FirstNet Update; 911 Access NOI; 900 MHz NOI Comment Deadline Extended; Toll Free Number Assignment NPRM; Nick Degani Named Acting FCC General Counsel - (Posted On Monday, September 11, 2017)
- Telecom Alert - Hurricane Harvey; FirstNet Update; Texas Small Cell Deployment Law; 700 MHz Relicensing Process; CAF II Fund Webinar - Vol. XIV, Issue 36 - (Posted On Tuesday, September 05, 2017)
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.