FLETCHER - Key Persons
Anne Goodwin Crump graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, where she was selected for membership in Phi Beta Kappa. She received her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. While at the University of Virginia, Mrs. Crump was producer of the law school's annual Libel Show.
Education
The George Washington University Law School, J.D.
The University of California, Riverside, B.S. in Business Administration
Daniel Brown focuses his practice on representing wireline and wireless telecommunications carriers, broadcasters, cable TV, and Internet companies in business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate matters, regulatory issues and proceedings before the FCC and state utility commissions, and litigation. As a law student at The George Washington University Law School, Daniel worked as a law clerk with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
David Janet joined Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C. as a Member of the firm in 2015. David has more than two decades of practice experience in a variety of technology transactions and communications-related areas. He represents companies of all sizes (from large to middle-market and startups) in the software, data mining and data security, digital media and digital advertising, Internet content-provider, wireless application services, technology and hardware distribution, and government contracting industries and market spaces.
Francisco "Frank" Montero specializes in telecommunications, broadcasting, media, and technology. Mr. Montero's practice includes FCC regulatory counseling, corporate finance, asset and securities acquisitions, intellectual property, and real estate and commercial transactions.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Minority Media
Frank Montero is a member of the Minority Media & Telecommunications Council's Hall of Fame.
Mr. Montero was an appointed member of the Federal Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age. He served as Director of the FCC's Office of Communications Business Opportunities during the Clinton Administration. While at the FCC, Frank worked extensively with industry, trade associations, financial institutions, and governmental agencies to create business opportunities for entrepreneurs, and technology and telecommunications start-ups and was recognized by the Chairman of the FCC for "dedication to bridging the digital divide".
Mr. Montero is well known as an early advocate for Hispanic and Spanish language media in the U.S. and Latin America. He serves as a Director of the American Academy of Radio Arts & Sciences and also the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council ("MMTC"). He helped form and served on the boards of the American Hispanic Owned Radio Association (AHORA), the Spanish Broadcasters Association, and the National Association of Minority Media Executives. Frank is the Washington, DC legal representative for the Puerto Rico Broadcasters Association and received the Association's award for "service to the Puerto Rico radio industry".
Frank was named to the list of "Top Lawyers" by the media and telecommunications publication CableFax, two years in a row, and was named one of the "Top Washington DC Lawyers" by Super Lawyers.com. In 2019, Frank was listed in Radio + Television Business Report's inaugural list of the top 10 media attorneys in the US. He has been inducted to the MMTC Hall of Fame and recognized by Multichannel News to be among the top cable TV transactional attorneys. Frank received the Hispanic Radio Conference's Medallas de Cortez Distinguished Leadership Award for significant contributions to Spanish-language and Hispanic broadcasting. He also serves on the Advisory Boards for Bloomberg BNA Now: Tech and Telecom and the Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference.
Mr. Montero studied law at the George Washington University Law School, where he served on the George Washington University Law Review. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan. He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, New York, and Virginia. He is a former Managing Partner of Fletcher Heald and former Co-Chair of the Federal Communications Bar Association's Transactional Practice and Professional Responsibility Committees. He is President of the George Washington Law Alumni Board, where he also serves on the Executive Committee. Frank is a frequent speaker at telecommunications and media industry conferences and writes on communications law, finance, commercial transactions, and intellectual property for publications such as Radio + Television Business Report, Bloomberg BNA Telecom Law Reports, and Radio Ink. Mr. Montero is fluent in Spanish.
Jacqueline "Jackie" Fisher specializes in regulatory law, transactions, and litigation before federal agencies. As a law student, she served as President of the George Washington University Law School's Student Bar Association at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and she now serves on the Board of the GW Law Alumni Association. She managed compliance of the Student Bar and over 70 sub-organizations, represented the student body before administrators, and guided student activity transitions to a virtual academic setting. Jackie's gained regulatory experience with refugee resettlement, where she helped families navigate federal processes and volunteer organizations maintain compliance with federal licensing agencies. Originally from Pleasantville, NY, Jackie received her B.A. from Hobart & William Smith Colleges and her law degree from George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Mr. Troup has more than 30 years of experience in representing corporations in complex commercial litigation, dispute resolution, and government investigations. He has tried cases in state and federal courts, before numerous state and federal regulatory agencies, and in arbitrations. Mr. Troup regularly litigates cases on a broad range of matters, including allegations of breach of contract, business torts, billing disputes, government audits and investigations, constitutional violations, federal preemption, non-payment of tariff rates, ratemaking, network interconnection, appeals of adverse regulatory state and federal agency action, spectrum auctions, and tower zoning.
Karyn Ablin is a member of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C. and specializes in intellectual property issues, especially those relating to music licensing and other copyright-related issues. She has more than two decades of experience representing broadcasters and others before the Copyright Royalty Board, the ASCAP Rate Court, and other federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. Karyn also counsels clients in issues relating to the use of music and other copyrighted content, especially with regard to the statutory license applicable to webcasting and the use of music by over-the-air broadcasters, satellite radio operators, and telecommunications providers. She also negotiates music licenses and represents clients in music licensing fee disputes and has experience litigating patent, trademark, and non-intellectual property matters, including those before federal regulatory agencies and federal courts.
Karyn Ablin plays both the violin and the viola.
Ms. Ablin received her law degree from the University of Virginia, where she graduated Order of the Coif and was an Executive Editor of the Virginia Law Review and a member of the Editorial Board of the Virginia Journal of International Law. She graduated with two undergraduate degrees, summa cum laude, from Oral Roberts University, majoring in math and music. She also studied at the Sorbonne in France, Martin Luther University in Germany, and the International Institutes of Law and Social Change in the Netherlands, as well as Northern Arizona University.
Karyn was named by The Legal 500 US as a "recommended lawyer" for copyright law both 2015 and 2016. She is a member of the Copyright Society of the USA.
Kathleen Victory has nearly thirty-five years experience handling complex business transactions as well as corporate, and financing matters. Her general corporate experience includes advice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate formation, governance, employment and finance law. In the broadcast area she represents clients in administrative, rulemaking, licensing and compliance proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission. Her clientele includes radio and television licensees, cable and microwave communications companies, providers of emerging technologies and trade associations. She is actively involved in the Federal Communications Bar.
Kathleen Victory has traveled to every U.S. State.
Kathleen Victory graduated from Georgetown University and received her Juris Doctor from The American University Washington College of Law. Member of: D.C., VA., PA. Bars.
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.
Duke University, B.A. in Political Science
Madison Laton joined Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth in August 2022 after graduating from the Georgetown University Law Center. During law school, Madison worked in the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau conducting research and preparing documents related to tariff filings and wireline access arbitrage, in addition to taking classes on media and regulatory law. She also served as a clerk at the Surety and Fidelity Association of America, where she gained experience helping organizations navigate the impact of federal regulations. Madison was an editor for Georgetown's Food and Drug Law Journal and a member of the Georgetown Entertainment and Media Alliance.
Mark Malonzo specializes in telecommunications, copyright, antitrust, and litigation. At the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Mark drafted and edited Opinions, Orders, Notices of Proposed Rulemaking, and Public Notices involving spectrum and interference issues. At Public Knowledge, Mark drafted comments on band reallocation and Universal Service Fund programs, collaborated in drafting an amicus brief for a Second Circuit fair use appeal about music sampling, and researched issues in mobile carrier data privacy and merger unwinding.
Mark Lipp has an extensive practice, advising owners of television and radio stations on all aspects of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations. He has been in private practice since 1988; prior to that he worked at the FCC for fourteen years, including serving as the Chief of the Mass Media Bureau, Allocations Branch for eight years.
Paul J. Feldman came to Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, PLC. in 1992. His practice of Telecommunications Law concentrates on the areas of private and commercial mobile radio services; video services, including cable and satellite TV, and broadcast television; and local/interexchange telecommunications. Mr. Feldman's work has resulted in a number of precedent-setting FCC orders regarding carriage of television stations on cable TV systems. He works with Internet Service Providers in connection with issues such as "Net Neutrality." Mr. Feldman assists railroad carriers with FCC spectrum issues in the provision of Positive Train Control. He represents passive-scientific users of the spectrum, including radio astronomers. He also assists clients with certain Privacy Law issues such as website privacy notices and terms, telemarketing compliance with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Sara's practice involves advising clients on a wide range of issues, including federal, state, and international telecommunications licensing requirements; broadcast TV and radio issues with respect to EEO, renewal applications, and engineering; mergers, acquisitions, and transfers of control; federal and state regulatory fees; Emergency Alert System filings and compliance; legal and accounting issues with respect to the FCC's repack transition; as well as Universal Service programs compliance.
Seth Williams joined Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth in November 2018 and has advised clients on a wide range of issues, including federal, state, and international telecommunications licensing requirements; mergers, acquisitions, and transfers of control; state telecommunications taxes; federal and state regulatory fees; CALEA compliance; and FCC enforcement proceedings.
Thomas Urban is a member of Fletcher Heald who represents various clients in class action cases, business disputes, defective products, RICO actions, and complex mortgage fraud cases. In the past, Mr. Urban has served as national coordinating counsel for a drug company in products liability litigation, successfully defending his client in a jury trial in Galveston, Texas, and prevailing in a summary judgment motion on Daubert grounds in Austin, Texas. His other representations have included issues involving media and internet companies, antitrust, qui tam, toxic tort environmental, sex and race discrimination, Americans with Disabilities, attorney ethics, and First Amendment disputes. Mr. Urban has regularly acted as local counsel in large litigations in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Thomas J. Dougherty, Jr. represents cable companies, broadband Internet access providers, EBS licensees, BRS licensees, CLECs, CAPs, mobile carriers, satellite systems, purchasers of communications and outsourced services, and broadcasters before the Federal Communications Commission, State PUCs, cable franchising authorities and the Federal courts. Mr. Dougherty's transactional work spans the gamut from business sales through asset and tax-deferred stock transactions to spectrum leasing and outsourcing.
Tony Lee focuses his practice on representing wireline and wireless telecommunications carriers, cable TV, and Internet companies in regulatory issues and proceedings before the FCC and state utility commissions. Mr. Lee advises local exchange and long distance carriers regarding state and federal regulatory issues, including intercarrier compensation, universal service and compliance matters. He is engaged in substantive and complex litigation in federal court, and before the Federal Communications Commission and state commissions.
Tony Lee has played the violin since he was six, and has been a member of a string quartet and a local community orchestra.
Mr. Lee is also engaged in high technology transactions and other corporate matters for his clients, which includes the purchase and transfer of high technology assets, and master services agreements for the provision of telecommunications service. He is well versed in wireless licensing and transactional matters, including the transfer and leasing of spectrum, tower leasing and construction issues, and the purchasing of support infrastructure.
Mr. Lee earned his J.D. from the American University, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland.