Alfred M. Mamlet

Partner

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Alfred M. Mamlet is a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he heads the Technology Department and the Intellectual Property practice group, focusing on telecommunications transactions, regulatory matters, and telecom and intellectual property disputes in the US and abroad. Mr. Mamlet provides value-added strategic advice based on his thorough understanding of the telecommunications industry. He is recognized by his peers as a leading telecommunications lawyer in Chambers, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, The Legal 500, PLC Which Lawyer?, and An International Who's Who of Telecom Lawyers.

Regulation
Mr. Mamlet provides regulatory advice on international, satellite, wireless, common carrier, and Internet matters. At the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), he regularly represents an assortment of active parties in rulemakings, merger approvals, spectrum allocations, intercarrier compensation, and licensing proceedings.

Mr. Mamlet also focuses on Internet matters and other issues involving the convergence of telecommunications and computer technologies. He counsels major telecommunications and Internet companies on domestic and international telecommunications regulation of Internet services, including Internet telephony, the regulation of Internet voice and video services, and broadband issues.

In addition to FCC proceedings, Mr. Mamlet often handles telecommunications matters before Congress, the Executive Office of the President, the US Trade Representative, and the Departments of Commerce, State, Justice, Treasury, and Defense. 

Telecom and IP Disputes
Mr. Mamlet frequently handles telecommunications and intellectual property disputes in state and federal courts, the FCC, State PUCs, and international arbitrations. Recent representative matters include:

• Represented VeriSign in litigation against Qwest over SS7 charges in eight states. Matters settled on favorable terms.
• StarTrak v. Satamatics Ltd., et al. (D. N.J.), representing Satamatics, defeated a motion for preliminary injunction in a trade secrets case.
• Stratos v. Telenor (D. MD), represented Stratos in software copyright litigation resolved through prompt and favorable settlement.
• SundRy v. Xwave of New England (ED. VA), representing Xwave in a software trade secrets matter. 

Transactions
Mr. Mamlet provides strategic advice and negotiates a wide range of transactional agreements for domestic and international telecommunications and software companies. He has served as lead counsel on more than a dozen acquisitions of wireless, common carrier, and satellite companies. In addition, Mr. Mamlet has assisted telecommunications companies on a variety of financings, including public equity and debt offerings, private placements, and commercial loans.

Mr. Mamlet has represented major wireless and satellite companies in forming joint ventures and other strategic alliances. He has also advised telecommunications clients on an array of commercial agreements.

Representative Clients

• Aliant, Inc.
• Iridium Satellite LLC
• Motorola, Inc.
• New Skies Satellites NV
• Satamatics Ltd.
• SkyWave Corp.
• Sprint, Inc.
• Stratos Global Corp.
• Star One S/A
• TeleDanmark, A/S
• Telefónica, S.A.
• Verisign, Inc.
• Yahoo!

Noteworthy

• Ranked, Chambers USA 2009 - 2011, America's Leading Business Lawyers; Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory (District of Columbia)
• Recommended by Legal 500 US 2008 and 2010-2011 for Media, Technology, & Telecoms: Telecoms & Broadcast - Regulatory
• Recommended by Legal 500 US 2011 for Media, Technology, & Telecoms: Telecoms & Broadcast - Transactional
• Listed in Who's Who Legal for Regulatory Communications in 2008
• Euromoney's Expert Guide to the World's Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers (2008, 2010)
• Euromoney's Expert Guide to the Best of the Best USA (2011)

Select News & Events

• Steptoe Receives 13 Practice, 45 Individual Mentions in Legal 500 United States 2011
• Steptoe Receives 18 Practice, 56 Individual Mentions in Chambers USA 2011
• Legal 500 US Honors Seven Practices and 23 Attorneys from Steptoe
• Chambers USA Honors 18 Steptoe Practices and 41 Attorneys
• 44 Steptoe Lawyers and 19 Practice Areas Named Among Best in the US by Chambers USA 2009
• 39 Steptoe Lawyers and 17 Practice Areas Named Among Best in the US by Chambers USA 2008

Selected Publications

• Blocked Net
  May 1, 2006
• Telecoms Regulation Update
  January 1, 2004