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Representative Matters

  • AT&T - Major acquisitions.
  • SBC - Major acquisitions.
  • Joint Venture of SBC and BellSouth to create Cingular.

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Recognition
  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2011 for Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory

  • The Legal 500 US 2011 for Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast

  • Washington, DC Super Lawyers 2009 for Communications and Administrative Law

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Education
  • LLB, Stanford Law School, 1966
  • BA, Yale University, 1963

Admissions
  • California
  • District of Columbia

Publications, Presentations, and Multimedia
  • "Annual Review of Developments in Cable Law" Practising Law Institute, 1985-2007
  • "Recent Developments in Cable Law" Cable Television Law (Practising Law Institute), 899 PLI/PAT 9 (2007)

Professional and Community Activities
  • Director, National Philharmonic

  • Director, Washington Chamber Symphony




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Retired Partner
Practice Focus

Telecommunications, Internet, and Media

Norman Sinel is a retired partner in the firm's Telecommunications practice group and former head of the group. He has represented New York City, the Public Broadcasting Service, the RIAA, and along with Patrick Grant, he has represented AT&T, in connection with various regulatory issues relating to their major acquisitions.

Telecommunications, Internet, and Media Representative Matters

  • AT&T - Major acquisitions.
  • SBC - Major acquisitions.
  • Joint Venture of SBC and BellSouth to create Cingular.
  • Assisted Comcast in obtaining a cable franchise renewal in San Jose.
  • Assisted New York City in its awarding of cable franchises in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island in the early 1980s.
  • Assisted New York City in the franchise renewal of cable franchises.

Representative Matters

  • AT&T - Major acquisitions.
  • SBC - Major acquisitions.
  • Joint Venture of SBC and BellSouth to create Cingular.
  • Assisted Comcast in obtaining a cable franchise renewal in San Jose.
  • Assisted New York City in its awarding of cable franchises in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island in the early 1980s.
  • Assisted New York City in the franchise renewal of cable franchises.

Rankings

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2011 for Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory

The Legal 500 US 2011 for Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast

Washington, DC Super Lawyers 2009 for Communications and Administrative Law

Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2008 for Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite

The Legal 500 US 2012 for Media, Technology and Telecoms

Professional and Community Activities

Community Activity

  • Director, National Philharmonic

  • Director, Washington Chamber Symphony

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