CHRISTY C. KUNIN
Partner, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary

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Christy
C. Kunin concentrates in communications and competition
policy and regulation for telecommunications and technology-intensive
companies.
Representative Matters:
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Representation of clients before the
federal agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission,
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and
the United States Department of Justice, as well as in
congressional lobbying
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Representation of communications
carriers before state regulatory commissions nationwide to
safeguard the rights of competitive service providers
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Representation of competitive carriers
and public interest associations in appeals of federal and state
regulatory orders
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Advises clients in key policy
proceedings on competitive, broadband, and VoIP matters before
state and federal regulatory commissions
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Negotiated interconnection agreements
for competitive carriers with incumbent carriers and advised
start-up companies on strategic and regulatory matters
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Counseled carriers on competitive
policy and regulatory issues in international matters with
emerging telecommunications competition
Memberships
Civic and Charitable
Editorial Board, Journal of
Internet Law
Publications
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Telecommunications Law Update
Columnist, Journal of Internet Law
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Co-author, "VoIP: Regulation Creeps
Nearer," Journal of Internet Law, December 2003
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"VoIP’s Unregulated Status
Challenged," October 6, 2003
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Co-author, "FCC Adopts New Media
Ownership Rules," June 2, 2003
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Co-author, "FCC Rolls Back Competitive
Rules," February 20, 2003
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Co-author, "VoIP: The Time has Come,"
Journal of Internet Law, February 2003
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Co-author, "Navigating Telecom
Bankruptcies," November 22, 2002
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Co-author, "FCC Opens Proceeding to
Review Media Ownership Rules," October 25, 2002
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"Avoiding Disruptions to Communication
Services in the Wake of the Telecommunications Bankruptcies,"
August 6, 2002
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Co-author. "NTIA Identifies 3G
Spectrum; FCC Seeks Comments on NTIA Report," July 29, 2002
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"Broadband: Where Communications and
Internet Policy Converge," Journal of Internet Law, July
2002
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Co-author, "Universal Service and
Local Competition: Old Myths, New Realities, Proceedings of the
Ninth NARUC Biennial Regulatory Information Conference," The
National Regulatory Research Institute (1994) (quoted at 141 Cong.
Rec. S8,211 (daily ed. June 13, 1995) (statement of Senator
McCain))
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Co-author, "United States
Telecommunications Law and Practice," Chapter 30 in
Telecommunications Law and Practice, Colin D. Long, ed.
(Sweet & Maxwell, 2d ed. 1995)
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"Unilateral Tariff Exculpation in the
Era of Competitive Telecommunications," Catholic University
Law Review, Summer 1992
Seminars
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Panelist: ALTS Policy Summit, "The
Future of Intercarrier Compensation and VoIP", December 2003
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Georgetown University, Guest Lecturer,
Fall 2002
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Moderator: FCBA 4th Annual
Communications Law 101 Seminar. "State and Local Regulation,"
November 1, 2002
Prior Experience
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Partner, Blumenfeld & Cohen (until
merger with Gray Cary in 2002), provided strategic, policy and
regulatory advice to clients in the telecommunications, wireless
and broadcast industries before federal and state agencies.
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Research Director, Center for
Telecommunications Management at the University of Southern
California School of Business Administration, organized
conferences for telecommunications executives, edited conference
papers for publication and published Telecommunications Book
Review, a quarterly review of publications of interest to
telecommunications professionals.
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Regulatory Analyst, Economics &
Technology, Inc., a leading Boston consulting firm, wrote and
edited various ETI publications, including Trends in
Telecommunications and The Intercity Rate Handbook, and prepared
monthly analyses for communications user groups on federal and
state regulatory developments.
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