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Walt Sapronov

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Walt Sapronov, Firm managing partner, is AV Peer Review Rated and has been named in the International Who's Who of Telecom Lawyers. He has represented enterprise, carrier and service provider clients - including some of the largest in the United States - in telecommunications deals and regulation for over twenty (20) years. AVVO, a law firm rating agency, recently gave Walt Sapronov its highest rating ("superb") among telecommunications lawyers in the Atlanta area. Please see www.avvo.com/business-telecommunications-law/ga/atlanta.html for more information.

Born Kempton, West Germany, November 10, 1947; admitted to bar, 1983, Georgia; 1986, Georgia Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 2010, U.S. Supreme Court.

Education

• Ohio State University (B.A., 1969)
• University of Iowa (M.A., 1972)
• Woodrow Wilson College of Law (J.D., 1982)

Publications and Presentations

• "Software Protection and Pricing in a LAN Environment", (Co-Author), Jurimetrics, ABA Journal of Law, Science and Technology, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Winter 1986)
• "Regulatory and Antitrust Constraints on Structuring Distribution Agreements with Bell Operating Companies", (Co-Author), Telematics, (September 1987)
• TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE LAW, Computer Science Press, Inc. (1988)
• "Regulation of Enhanced Services", (Co-Author), Computer Lawyer, (January 1992)
• "Negotiating Custom Service Agreements with Telecommunications Carriers", ABA's Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana (August 1994)
• "Telecommunications Reform Legislation in Georgia", (Co-Author), Georgia Bar Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2 (October 1996)
• "Negotiation and State Public Service Commission Reviews of Interconnection Agreements", ABA's Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (August 1997)
• "Federal Preemption of State and Local Laws Barring Provision of Telecommunications Services by Utilities Seeking to Diversify", (Co-Author), CCH Power & Telecom Law (November/December 1997)
• "State Regulation of Telecommunications Financing, Mergers and Acquisitions", (Co-Author), 1014 PLI 123 (1997)
• "State Regulation of Telecommunications Mergers and Acquisitions", (Co-Author), The M&A Lawyer, Glasser Legal Works (May 1998)
• "Electric Utility Leasing of Dark Fiber: Should This Be a Regulated Telephone Service?" CCH Power & Telecom Law (July/August 1998)
• TELECOMMUNICATION LAW, REGULATION AND POLICY, Ablex Publishing Corporation (1998) (Co-Editor)
• "Negotiating Interconnection Agreements Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996", CCH Power & Telecom Law (January/February 1999)
• "High Wire Acts: Negotiating Pole Attachment Agreements Under the 1996 Telecom Act", (Co-Author), CCH Power and Telecom Law (July/August 1999)
• "Telecom Mergers, Acquisitions and Financing - State Regulatory Review", ALI-ABA conference in Washington, D.C. (October 2000)
• Co-Chair, American Bar Association "Antitrust & Other Remedies for Telecommunications Competitors Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996," Chicago, Illinois (August 2001)
• Co-Chair, Practicing Law Institute "M&A - Regulation - Finance - Reorganization," San Francisco, California (1999 - 2001) and New York, New York (1999 - 2001)
• Co-Chair, Law Seminars International "Negotiating Telecommunications Deals," Atlanta, Georgia (March 2001, November 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006) and San Francisco, California (July 2002, 2003 and 2004)
• "Telecom Travesty, What a bankruptcy can mean for customers", Business Law Today (September/October 2002)
• "Negotiating Telecom Deals: Voice Over IP Considerations", Law Seminars International (October 2003)
• "Telecom Deals Today", BusinessWeek Magazine (October 2003)
• "Telecommunications & Broadband Access Agreements for Multi-Dwelling Units", Law Seminars International (June 2004)
• "Voice Over Internet Protocol Transactions: Navigating Uncharted Waters", Wireless Technology Group SIG Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia (October 2004)
• "WHEN THE NET IS YOUR PHONE, The new era is almost here, Are your ready?", Business Law Today (March/April 2005)
• "Negotiating Wi-Fi Deals", (Co-Author), Business Communications Review (April 2005)
• "Negotiating Broadband Access Agreements" Law Seminars International (June 2005).
• "Beyond Voice and Data: Enterprise Deals in the IP Era", Atlanta Telecom Professionals Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia (January 2006)
• "Enterprise Contracts in the IP Era: The Role of Commitments", (Author) Business Communications Review (June 2006)
• "Regulatory Issues Associated with IPTV", Wireless Technology Group SIG Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia (August 2006)

Association Memberships

• Member: State Bar of Georgia (Chairman, Computer Law Section; 1992-1993)
• Federal Communications Bar Association (Co-Chair, Atlanta Chapter)
• American Bar Association (Co-Chair, Communications Law Division; Section of Science and Technology)
• Co-Chair, Practising Law Institute's Annual "Telecom Deals" Seminar
• Lecturer, Georgia Institute of Technology
• International Who's Who of Telecoms Lawyers, First and Second Editions, Law Business Research (1999 - 2006) (For more information on "Who's Who" publications, click here)

Language

• Russian (Fluent)

Special Agencies

• Georgia Public Service Commission
• Federal Communications Commission

Practice Areas

• Telecommunications Law
• Commercial Law
• Administrative Law
• Antitrust Law