Keller and Heckman LLP is Pleased to Announce the Election of a New Partner

Keller and Heckman LLP is pleased to announce that Timothy A. Doughty has been promoted to Partner.

Timothy (Tim) Doughty, Partner, resident in the firm’s Boulder office, counsels corporate clients, service providers, and trade associations on legal and regulatory matters before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the United States Coast Guard (USCG), courts, and state agencies. Clients seek Tim’s advice on a broad variety of policy, regulatory, and transactional telecommunications and information technology matters.

Tim regularly assists clients with drafting and negotiating complex communications contracts, wireless and wireline services agreements, Software-as-a-Service agreements, tower lease agreements, and asset purchase agreements for the sale of telecommunications equipment and wireless spectrum. He advises clients with all aspects of wireless licensing and provides guidance to clients on public safety issues, including E911, Next Generation 911, emergency preparedness and recovery, and FCC outage reporting rules. Tim frequently represents clients in FCC enforcement and complaint proceedings and helps them to initiate and participate in complex rulemaking proceedings before the FCC.

For critical infrastructure and communications companies, he advises on the tower registration and approval process and compliance at both the federal and state level, as well as tower and antenna siting rules under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). In addition, Tim provides guidance on FCC Universal Service programs and contribution compliance and assists clients with pole attachment rental rate analysis and FCC pole attachment complaint proceedings before the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau.

Contact: email: doughty@khlaw.com; phone: +1 202.434.4271