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1025 Connecticut Avenue NW
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WASHINGTON DC 20036
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Carl Northrop
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Carl Northrop is the Founding Member of TLP. He consistently is recognized in client and peer reviews as one of the top communications attorneys in the country. Chambers USA identifies him as a “Notable Practitioner” in the Telecom, Media and Satellite specialty; The Legal 500 has identified Carl as a “Leading Lawyer” in the Technology and Broadcasting Regulatory practice for over a decade, and he was one of a small group of attorneys inducted into the inaugural Legal 500 US Hall of Fame for having received consistent praise for legal excellence. Carl has been recognized as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in both corporate law and communications law by U.S News and World Report. He received the prestigious Paul R. Dean award for legal excellence awarded by the Georgetown University Law Center to a distinguished alumnus. And, for over 25 years, Carl has received the AV Preeminent rating in Martindale-Hubbell peer reviews.
Carl represents communications service providers and advises suppliers of goods and services to the telecommunications industry including financiers, tower and site owners, manufacturers, billing and support service providers, and developers of advanced technologies. He also counsels purchasers in major contracts for communications services, and has acted both as an arbitrator and as an expert witness in various disputes arising out of communications contracts. Ever since the advent of cellular service in the 1980s, Carl has represented clients in the acquisition, development, financing, licensing, construction, and operation of both wireless and terrestrial broadband systems. He also has advised governmental entities on communications policy issues.
Carl is an experienced litigator who handles high stakes telecommunications disputes before courts, administrative agencies, arbitrators and mediators. He also is a skillful negotiator with a sophisticated understanding of the communications business which enables him to craft creative contractual arrangements to the benefit of TLP clients.
Career
Partner, Paul Hastings LLP 1997-2011; Co-Leader Global Media and Telecommunications Practice Group.
Partner, Bryan Cave LLP 1987-1997; Communications Group Leader; Executive Committee Member
Languages
English
Memberships
District of Columbia Bar
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Ninth and Tenth Circuits
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and the District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
Education
Georgetown University, J.D. 1976; Editor, Georgetown Law Journal (1975-76); Best Brief and Best Oral Advocate Awards in the Beaudry Cup Moot Court Competition (1974)
University of Michigan, B.B.A., High Distinction, 1972
Personal
2014- Present Member Emeritus, Georgetown Law Center Alumni Board
2003-2022 The Best Lawyers in America© – Communications Law
2003-2022 The Best Lawyers in America© – Corporate Law
2013-2022 Chambers USA Ranked Lawyer- Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
2008-2010, 2013-2022 Washington D.C. Super Lawyers
2013-2022 The Legal 500 – Leading Lawyer – Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory
2013-2022 The Legal 500 – Leading Lawyer – Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactional
2017 Inaugural Inductee into the Legal 500 Hall of Fame
2016 Paul R. Dean Award Winner, Georgetown University Law Center
2011-2013 Governor, Georgetown University Alumni Association
25+ years Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
(Hall of Fame)Washington DC-based boutique Telecommunications Law Professionals works across the sector, representing regional broadcasters, industry associations, tower and satellite companies, and venture capital in a range of matters before the FCC and other local, state, and federal regulatory bodies. The team has a strong track record in telecoms infrastructure, working on mandates across wireless and fiber, and also works on more cutting-edge issues, such as a space-based cellular broadband network servicing unmodified handhelds. Managing partner Michael Lazarus works alongside founding partner Carl Northrop
, who brings his extensive experience working on complex matters covering the full scope of the industry. Other lawyers of note include Dennis Corbett, who has litigation experience representing both traditional broadcasters and more cutting-edge wireless and tech clients; and Gregg Skall, who has represented a range of radio and television broadcasting associations before the FCC and Congress.
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Telecommunications Law Professionals handles M&A and financing transactions in the telecoms space, employing its capabilities in handling the regulatory aspects of these major deals for a number of high-profile clients; the team has experience in both representing operators in this sector in their day-to-day transactions and assisting in more major projects, with notable work in telecoms infrastructure, specifically submarine cable. Carl Northrop founded the Washington DC boutique and continues to handle complex transactional work such as the acquisition of licenses and equipment and related financing, and works alongside Michael Lazarus who manages the team, working with the firm’s most high-profile clients for their transactional mandates for their ongoing operations.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory United States > Media, technology and telecoms
- Telecoms and broadcast: transactions United States > Media, technology and telecoms