Ms Joan E Neal Of Counsel Morrison & Foerster LLP - Lawyer Biography - International Law Office

• Ms Joan E Neal, Of Counsel
• Morrison & Foerster LLP - Washington DC, USA
• jneal@mofo.com

Joan E. Neal's practice focuses on telecommunications and common carrier issues. Ms. Neal counsels clients in their ongoing businesses and new ventures, represents them in proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission and the courts, acts as their regulatory counsel in transactions and negotiates and drafts a wide variety of contractual arrangements governing their relationships with their customers and with other carriers. These clients represent a broad range of the communications industry, including international carriers, domestic interexchange carriers, CLECs and independent LECs and PCS and other wireless providers.

In addition, Ms. Neal has represented large telecommunications users (both business end users and wholesale carriers) in negotiating a wide range of service agreements with telecommunications vendors.

Representative Matters

• Advised several foreign-based carriers on U.S. market entry and U.S. regulatory compliance
• Represented companies in recent enforcement and complaint proceedings raising novel issues of law
• Assisted large end-user corporation in negotiating various telecommunications agreements for wireline and wireless services

Education

• University of Michigan (B.A., 1986)
• Yale Law School (J.D., 1989)

Bar Info

• District of Columbia
• Illinois