Howard J Symons

Prior to joining Mintz Levin, Mr. Symons served as Senior Counsel to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications in the U.S. House of Representatives. In that capacity, he was responsible for the development of legislation on matters ranging from domestic telephone policy and international telecommunications to cable franchising, including serving as one of the principal drafters of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984. He was also responsible for the Subcommittee's oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) activities in the areas of telephone and cable policy. Mr. Symons has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the National Law Center of George Washington University, where he taught a course in telecommunications law and regulation. Mr. Symons is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia. He received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Yale University (1975), and his J.D. from Harvard Law School (1978).