C Frederick Beckner III

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RICK BECKNER is co-leader of the Telecom and Internet Competition practice. A former Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, Rick represents companies in regulated industries in a range of complex litigation and appellate matters before federal agencies, federal district courts, courts of appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He also has experience handling competition-related administrative and merger proceedings before federal agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Department of Justice.

Rick has represented AT&T in a broad range of telecommunications matters, including those involving “net neutrality” regulation, access charge rates, and wireless service, as well as numerous merger proceedings. Rick has drafted pleadings in these areas before the FCC, the courts of appeal and the Supreme Court. He has also represented tech companies on a range of competition, enforcement, and administrative law matters.