CommLawBlog : Broadcast & Communications Lawyers & Attorneys : Fletcher Heald & Hildreth Law Firm : Telecommunications, FCC Regulation, Communications Act

According to SNL Kagan, recognized as one of the preeminent sources of financial analysis in the media business, last year Fletcher, Heald and Hildreth advised in more media transactions than any other law firm – by a long shot. Hey, isn’t this the same post we put up last year? Not quite. While FHH was also Number One in the number of media deals in 2011, and again in 2010, this past year the total of deals in which FHH provided guidance was 144.5 – 32 more than in 2011 and 40 more than 2010. FHH’s 2012 total was more than twice those of the next highest firm.

Through rugged economic times, our clients have continued to thrive. And they have continued to call on us to provide guidance and counsel in structuring their deals and navigating them through the regulatory process.

As we have in past years, we congratulate our clients for their successes, we thank them for the confidence they have placed in us, and we look forward to providing the same quality representation to clients, old and new, that we have been providing for more than 75 years.

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The FHH Hiring Committee has requested that the following announcement be posted:

Experienced attorney sought – Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, PLC is seeking an associate to assist in our mass media practice. Superior academic credentials, writing skills and references required.  Small-firm collegiality with large-firm infrastructure.  Competitive salary and benefits.  Virginia Bar membership expected within one year.  Send resume to george@fhhlaw.com.  Principals only.

That’s correct. We have another slot open, this time on the mass media side. So if you missed out last September when we were looking for help in the wireless/wireline area (we filled that slot earlier this month), you’ve got another chance. Qualified candidates, apply at your earliest convenience. Feel free to mention that you learned about the opportunity on CommLawBlog.com.

Important additional perk the Committee somehow keeps forgetting to mention: yes, the successful candidate will get to write for the blog.

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The FHH Hiring Committee has requested that the following announcement be posted:

Experienced attorney sought -- Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, PLC is seeking an associate with 3-5 years’ experience for our growing wireless and wireline telecommunications and Internet practices. Superior academic credentials, writing skills and references required. Small-firm collegiality with large-firm infrastructure. Competitive salary and benefits.   Virginia Bar membership expected within one year.  Send resume to george@fhhlaw.com. Principals only.

That’s correct. We have a slot open, so now’s your chance. Qualified candidates, apply at your earliest convenience. (Feel free to mention that you learned about the opportunity on CommLawBlog.com.)

Important additional perk the Committee somehow forgot to mention: yes, the successful candidate will be permitted to write for the blog.

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Internet expert returns to co-head Internet Law and Policy Group.

Fletcher Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C. is pleased to welcome Kathy Kleiman back into the FHH fold.  Kathy was an associate with the firm in the 1990s, but she left to explore the then-just-developing world of Internet Law (but not before she had co-founded the firm’s Internet Law Group, one of the first of its kind).  She now returns as FHH’s Internet Counsel to co-lead its Internet Law and Policy Group. 

To say Kathy is well-suited for the job is an understatement.  She helped found the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization that coordinates the domain name system without which the Internet wouldn’t be the Internet.  Kathy was a key drafter of the domain name dispute policy everyone uses today, and an editor of many sections of the rules governing new top-level domains.  She has traveled to ICANN meetings in more than a dozen countries on six continents and spoken on Internet Free Speech, intellectual property protections, fair use, privacy and due process around the world.

Kathy is Beantown-educated – Harvard undergrad, BU law (both with honors, thank you very much).  She currently lives in Falls Church, Virginia, where she dabbles in community leadership and politics when she’s not tending to her two kids.  In what passes for free time chez Kleiman, she is also producing a documentary about the six women who programmed ENIAC, the world’s first modern computer, and thus founded the field of modern programming. (Want to know more about Kathy’s background? Check out her extensive résumé here.)

Kathy will be working with clients on a wide range of projects relating to: domain name conflicts; challenges and opportunities likely to be encountered in connection with new top level domains; website protections; and Free Speech and intellectual property issues in the Internet age.  And, if the Blogmeister has anything to say about it, she’ll be a regular contributor here.

She can be reached at 703-812-0476, by email at Kleiman@fhhlaw.com, or at Skype ID Kathy.kleiman.

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According to SNL Kagan, recognized as one of the preeminent sources of financial analysis in the media business, in 2011 Fletcher, Heald and Hildreth advised in more media transactions than any other law firm – by a long shot. By year-end 2011, FHH had provided counsel in 112 deals, nearly three times the number of the second-place firm. This is the second year in a row that FHH has achieved the Number One ranking.

Despite both a difficult economy and a challenging regulatory environment, our clients have continued to thrive. And they have continued to call on us to provide guidance and counsel in structuring their deals and navigating them through the regulatory process.

We congratulate our clients for their successes, we thank them for the confidence they have placed in us, and we look forward to providing the same quality representation to clients, old and new, that we have been providing for more than 75 years.

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