William R. Layton, Partner

William R. Layton has over twelve years of experience in the telecommunications industry and assists clients with regulatory and transactional matters.  His clients include primarily wireless service providers, trade associations, equipment manufacturers and tower owners.  Mr. Layton’s responsibilities include drafting pleadings for rulemaking and adjudicatory proceedings, reviewing and drafting purchase and spectrum lease agreements, and keeping clients updated on spectrum policy developments.  He also regularly interacts with State Historic Preservation Officers, engineers and in-house counsel regarding construction and operation of communications facilities in compliance with the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the FCC’s rules.

Mr. Layton has experience with many facets of telecommunications regulation, including the FCC’s Enhanced-911 deployment requirements, acquiring spectrum through FCC auctions and secondary market transactions, network outage reporting obligations, environmental rules applicable to tower siting, and rules applicable to specific licensed services such as cellular, broadband PCS, Advanced Wireless Services, 700 MHz and common carrier microwave.  In addition to his extensive experience with telecommunications, William has assisted clients with copyright and trademark registrations.

Member, Federal Communications Bar Association

National Congress of American Indians

Former Articles Editor, George Washington University Law School’s American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal