Austin Shepherd

Austin Shepherd is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and serves as Lead Associate for the Telecom Team.

Areas of Practice

Austin advises telecommunications, technology, space and satellite, aerospace & defense and infrastructure companies on complex regulatory and policy challenges impacting their businesses. He regularly represents clients before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on matters involving emerging technologies, wireless and satellite spectrum policy and licensing, experimental licensing, regulatory fees and compliance and mergers & acquisitions. Austin also advocates on behalf of clients before “Team Telecom” and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) on issues regarding commercial agreements and foreign ownership review.

Austin maintains an active pro bono practice focusing on refugee and asylum matters before USCIS and DHS.

Articles

FCC Law Blog Posts

• "ALERT: Delete, Delete, Delete—FCC Calls for Comment on Which Rules Should be Eliminated," March 19, 2025

• "ALERT: FCC Sets December 31, 2024 Deadline for Providers to Address Robocall Mitigation Database Deficiencies," December 17, 2024
• "FCC Cracks Down: Are You Ready for the Robocall Mitigation Compliance Blitz?," December 12, 2024

• "ALERT: FCC Seeks to Eliminate Digital Discrimination," December 20, 2023

• "ALERT: FCC Opens Rulemaking on Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Licensed Spectrum," January 4, 2023

• "ALERT: Space Innovation Comes to Part 25 as the FCC Proposes New Reforms for its Satellite and Earth Station Licensing Rules," December 8, 2022

• "ALERT: FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Announces Plans to Create a Space Bureau," November 3, 2022

• "ALERT: NTIA Seeks Public Comment on Implementation of Upcoming Broadband Grant Programs," January 10, 2022
• "Look Up In The Sky! It’s Not A Bird. It’s Not A Plane. It’s A Haps!," December 6, 2021

Healthcare Law Blog Posts

• "FCC Announces Application Filing Window for Round Two of COVID-19 Telehealth Program," April 19, 2021