Carl Northrop

Carl Northrop concentrates his practice in the representation of companies in the wireless telecommunications industry. This practice encompasses all aspects of this dynamic sector of the communications business including radio paging (common carrier and private carrier), cellular telephone (MSA, RSA and unserved area licensees), specialized mobile radio (standard and enhanced), personal communications service (wideband PCS and narrowband PCS) and other emerging technologies (wireless local loop, wireless competitive access, etc.). Mr. Northrop handles diverse legal matters for wireless companies, including general counseling on federal regulatory issues, licensing work (including representation in FCC auction proceedings), regulatory policy issues (at the FCC and on Capitol Hill), communications-related litigation (FCC, federal court, local court) and a wide range of telecommunications transactions (mergers and acquisitions, equipment contracts, public and private debt and equity placements, intercarrier, interconnection, agency and resale agreements, etc.). Mr. Northrop graduated with high distinction in 1972 from the University of Michigan, and received a Bachelor’s of Business Administration. He received his J.D. degree in 1976 from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. While at Georgetown, Mr. Northrop was the recipient of both the Best Brief and Best Oral Advocate awards in the Beaudry Cup moot court competition. Mr. Northrop is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, and is admitted and qualified to practice before the D.C. Court of Appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. He is an active member of the Federal Communications Bar Association.