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Lynn R. Charytan |
Lynn R. Charytan serves as Vice President of Legal Regulatory Affairs and Senior Deputy General Counsel for Comcast Corporation. As head of the Legal Regulatory Group, Ms. Charytan is responsible for providing corporate-wide legal advice on regulatory matters as they affect the Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal businesses and overseeing all legal regulatory advocacy, including filings in federal and state regulatory proceedings and related litigation and appeals, for both Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal.
Prior to joining Comcast in November, 2010, she was a Partner at WilmerHale, serving as the chair of the Communications, Privacy and Internet Law Practice Group. During her more than 17 years with the firm, she advised clients on telecommunications, privacy and other Internet-law matters. She also focused on national security and privacy issues both in and outside of the communications field. Ms. Charytan has worked with clients in all sectors of the communications industry, including the major national and regional wireline and wireless carriers, and other providers of communications and video services. She also has advised equipment manufacturers, Internet service, content, and application providers and lenders and investors in the telecommunications industry. Her work has involved representing clients before the FCC and state regulatory commissions, as well as in state and federal court proceedings at both the trial and appellate levels. In addition, she has represented clients before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and in connection with security agency reviews of critical infrastructure transactions and license proceedings. Before joining WilmerHale in 1993, Ms. Charytan worked for two years as in-house counsel to The Washington Post, where she advised the newspaper on a range of newsgathering and business issues.
Ms. Charytan's recent presentations and publications include: "Broadband and Cable Industry Law 2010" (presented at Practicing Law Institute, 2010); Presentation at IAPP Privacy Summit 2009; "The Lowdown" (published in BizTech, Massachusetts Mandate, March 2009); "The CFIUS Process: Summary and Recent Refinements under the New Rules" (presented in February 2009 WilmerHale webinar); "The Dealmaker's Guide to CFIUS" (published in The M&A Journal, January 2009); "Be Mindful of the Legal Restrictions on Mobile Ads" (published in CMO Strategy, Advertising Age, July 2008); "Protectionism: National Security versus Business" (published in The European Lawyers, April 2008); "The Spectrum Management Conference: The Debate over Network Neutrality and Its Potential Impact on Spectrum Policy" (presented and moderated in DC, September 18, 2007); "A Practitioner's Guide to the CFIUS Review Process" (presented by District of Columbia Bar, January 2007); Presentations on IP Video and IP technology at the 2005 and 2006 SBC Legal Conferences; "Developments in Wireline Telephony" (presented at the 22nd Annual FCBA/PLI Telecommunications Policy and Regulation Institute, December 2004); "Winning the Generation Y Appeal" (presented at the CTIA Wireless Agenda 2001 Panel Event, Dallas Texas, May 2001); "Wireless Amusement" (presented at CTIA Wireless 2001, M-Commerce, Denver, Colorado, March 2001); and "The Last Mile is Always Local: Municipal Authority and the Local Politics of Telecommunications" (presented at DC Bar The Telecommunications Committee of the Computer and Telecommunications Law Section, Washington, DC, March 2001).
Ms. Charytan is a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association and the American Bar Association. She served on the Steering Committee of the DC Bar, Computer and Telecomm Law Section from 2009-2011, as co-chair of the FCBA's Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee from 2008-2009, and as co-chair of the FCBA's Enforcement Committee from 2007-2008. She has been certified as an Information Privacy Professional. Ms. Charytan writes on telecommunications and privacy issues and is an active speaker in the telecommunications industry.
Ms. Charytan has been recognized for her exceptional practice in the area of Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2008, 2009 and 2010. She’s also been selected by her peers for inclusion in the 2010 and 2011 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of communications law. She graduated from both Columbia University and Harvard Law School with honors.
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