Megan H. Troy

Megan Troy is a partner in the Business Trials and Communications practice groups in the firm's Washington, D.C. office and is the co-leader of the firm’s Communications practice.

Areas of Practice

Ms. Troy focuses her practice on telecommunications litigation, regulation, and policy.  She counsels clients on a broad range of telecommunications and technology issues including FCC regulatory matters, competition policy, equipment manufacturing and authorization, international telecommunications, and legislative and regulatory developments in the high-tech industry.  Ms. Troy advises and represents communications companies in litigation and other matters involving local telephone competition, universal service, and pole attachment and joint use disputes.  She regularly appears before federal and state courts, the Federal Communications Commission, state regulatory agencies, and the U.S. Congress.  She is frequently involved in the drafting and negotiation of joint use, interconnection, and service agreements.  Ms. Troy has also represented aviation and energy companies in rate-making and cost proceedings in court and before U.S. governmental agencies and state regulatory commissions.  

Ms. Troy also has extensive experience counseling clients on lobbying disclosure, campaign finance, and other political ethics matters.  She regularly counsels clients on compliance with the federal Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA), Congressional and Executive Branch ethics rules, federal election laws and campaign finance, and the laws regulating political action committees (PACs).

Education

• J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude, 1997
• B.A., University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), magna cum laude, 1993

Honors

• Legal 500, 2010

Memberships

• Advisory Board, Pike & Fisher’s Communications Regulation
• American Bar Association
• DC Bar Association
• Federal Communications Bar Association

Articles

• "A Legal and Economic Justification for a Uniform Pole Attachment Rate.  Part III:  Establishing a Reasonable Pole Attachment Rate," Communications Environmental & Land Us Law Report (CELULR), Vol. 12, No. 1, January 2009
• "A Legal and Economic Justification for a Uniform Pole Attachment Rate.  Part II:  The Industry Players React," Communications Environmental & Land Us Law Report (CELULR), Vol. 11, No. 12, December 2008
• "A Legal and Economic Justification for a Uniform Pole Attachment Rate.  Part I:  The History and Current State of Joint Use," Communications Environmental & Land Us Law Report (CELULR), Vol. 11, No. 11, November 2008

FCC Law Blog Articles

• "Comments Received In FCC Reclassification Proceeding," July 22, 2010
• "Replacement of the Legacy High-Cost Universal Support Fund with a Connect America Fund: Key Economic and Legal Considerations", May 4, 2010
• "FCC Loses Net Neutrality Suit", April 7, 2010
• "National Broadband Plan Recommends Lower, Uniform Pole Attachment Rates", March 23, 2010
• "D.C. Circuit Strikes Down Cable Ownership Cap", September 10, 2009
• "Increased Prospects for Broadband Deployment under Obama", December 18, 2008
• "Senate Passes FISA Bill With Telecom Immunity", July 16, 2008 
• "FCC Steps Up DTV Enforcement", April 17, 2008
• "Incumbents Big Winners in 700 MHz Auction", April 1, 2008

Speeches

• "Regulating the Unregulated: Government Intervention in the United States Wireless Industry," International Telecommunications Society, 18th Biennial Conference, Tokyo, Japan (June 29, 2010)
• "National Broadband Plans: An International Look," Update on U.S. and International Wireless & Data Issues, Federal Communications Bar Association, Washington, DC (May 26, 2010)
• "The National Broadband Plan: Recommendations," Heartland Conference, Columbus, Ohio (May 5, 2010)
• “Joint Use: An ILEC Perspective,” Heartland Conference, Plainfield, Indiana (May 6, 2009)
• “Update on Key U.S. and International Wireless Issues: Legal and Regulatory, Market and Technical Views—What is in Store for 2009?,” Panel Moderator, Federal Communications Bar Association, Washington, DC (April 16, 2009)
• "The Pole Attachment Survival Guide: Navigating the New Joint Use Environment," Featured Speaker at an Interactive Webinar hosted by Pike & Fisher (March 25, 2009)
• "The Future of Joint Use in a Uniform Rate World," Wisconsin Utilities Association, 2009 Joint Use Conference, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin (March 18, 2009)
• “Joint Use: Lessons Learned and a Look Ahead,” Heartland Conference, Akron, Ohio (November 18, 2008)
• “Telecom Year in Review: Regulatory and Legislative Developments in the United States,” International Telecommunications Society, 17th Biennial Conference, Montreal, Canada (June 26, 2008)
• "The Effects of September 11th on the U.S. Telecommunications and High–Tech Industries," Center for International Legal Studies, High–Tech Law: E–Commerce, Information Technology, and Telecommunications Conference, Kitzbuhel, Austria (January 14, 2003)
• "Customer Information: Utility Customer Privacy," Utilities Telecom Council Annual Meeting (UTC Telecom 2001), Milwaukee, Wisconsin (June 25, 2001)