At the Wireless History Foundation Awards Dinner in Las Vegas on September 9, 2015, Wilkinson Barker Knauer partner Larry Movshin was inducted into the Wireless Hall of Fame.  According to the foundation, the Wireless Hall of Fame “provides public recognition of outstanding individuals across all segments of the wireless industry” and induction into the Wireless Hall of Fame “is one of the industry’s highest honors, acknowledging the leadership, innovation and achievement of each honoree.” 

 

Of the Hall of Fame’s 48 inductees, Larry is the first attorney to be honored for his contributions as a working lawyer to the development of the wireless industry.  In the initial licensing phase of the cellular industry he worked closely with clients and their competitors to negotiate and implement the initial Top 30 market settlements, and then in developing and implementing the global settlement process that resolved non-wireline ownership of Markets 31-90.  Over the years, he has counseled clients in numerous M&A, business and financing transactions, and on a wide range of regulatory issues and proceedings.  His clients have included wireless carriers like Graphic Scanning, Detroit Cellular, Dobson Cellular, PrimeCo, Arch Paging, MCG PCS, US West, United Wireless Communications, Sprint PCS, Nextel, and Verizon Wireless, as well as the private wireless interests of the likes of Amtrak, the American Hospital Association, Syniverse Technologies and L&G Smartmeters.  Larry is also recognized as an expert on the FCC’s spectrum auction procedures and policies.  Larry has held many leadership positions in the Federal Communications Bar Association as well as the FCBA’s Foundation.