Christopher S. Huther

Chris Huther is a partner in Business Trials Practice Group in the firm's Washington, D.C. office.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Huther advises and represents domestic and international telecommunications companies in litigation and other matters involving local telephone competition and policy, interconnection and universal service. Mr. Huther has counseled clients in organizing their businesses, compliance with state and federal regulations, the development of regulatory strategies, the negotiation and drafting of interconnection and service agreements, and has substantial experience in the development, defense and critique of telecommunications cost models and methodologies. He has extensive civil and criminal litigation experience and regularly appears before federal and state trial and appellate courts, the Federal Communications Commission and other federal agencies, and state utility commissions.

Education

• J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1992
• B.S., Radford University, 1988, cum laude

Representative Counseling and Litigation Experience

Telecommunications

Counsel to GTE in connection with arbitration proceedings under the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Counsel to GTE, Verizon and SBC in state utility commission cost and pricing proceedings.

Counsel to GTE and Verizon in federal and state universal service fund proceedings.

Counsel to GTE, Verizon and SBC in development, defense, and critique of telecommunications cost models.

Counsel to Verizon in pole attachment litigation.

Counsel to Verizon in intercarrier compensation litigation.

Counsel to Telstra Corp. in connection with Australian universal service fund proceedings.

Counsel to Everett Laboratories, Inc. in Telephone Consumer Protection Act litigation.

Counsel to numerous foreign airlines in challenges to new airport terminal charges at Newark International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport

Aviation

Counsel to numerous foreign airlines in challenges to new airport terminal charges at Newark International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport.

General Litigation

Experience includes trial and appellate representation of corporate and individual clients on a broad array of civil and criminal matters.

Articles

"Success in the Global Marketplace?" The National Law Journal, Vol. 23, No. 10, October 30, 2000

"Reciprocal Compensation: Will Revenues for ISP–bound Traffic Soon Dry Up?" The Party Line, Vol. 3 No. 4, September 2000

Speeches

• Chairman, High–Tech Law: E–Commerce, Information Technology, and Telecommunications Conference, Kitzbuhel, Austria, (January 12–18, 2003)
• "Universal Service Funding: The Financial Impact of Changes in the FCC's Program on Landline and Wireless Carriers and End Users," Seventh Annual Law Seminars International Telecommunications Conference, Seattle, WA, (April 4–5, 2002)
• "Funding Universal Service: From Monopoly Providers to Competitive Markets," Cable/Telecommunications Convergence Conference, Atlanta, GA (November 16–17, 2000)
• "Transitioning to Competitive Markets: Lessons Learned in the United States," Conference on the International Provision of Services and Sale of Goods, Salzburg, Austria (October 26–29, 2000)
• "The Venezuelan Telecommunications Market: Defining a Regulatory & Corporate Strategy," Washington, DC (October 11, 2000)
• "Navigating Global Telecommunications Markets: The Methods and Consequences of Industry Re–Regulation," International Telecommunications Law Conference, Kaprun, Austria (May 7, 2000)
• "Telecommunications and E–commerce: Adapting Telecommunications to Data Driven Networks," Seminar Co–Chair, sponsored by Law Seminars International (September 23–24, 1999)
• "Costing Models: The Black Box Revealed?, ALTS '97 Convention and Trade Exposition– Local Competitive Services: Filling the Void (November 2–4, 1997)