Jim Smith
Jim is Of Counsel in DWT's Washington, D.C. office. For the past 22 years, as an attorney, industry association leader and telecommunications company executive, he has been a nationally recognized leader in telecommunications law and policy. Prior to joining Davis Wright in 2002, he held the position of Vice President, Law and Public Policy of Excel Communications, Inc., the fifth largest long distance telecommunications company in North America, with approximately two million customers. Jim headed Excel's Washington public policy office, supervised the company's Regulatory Affairs department, and served as the company's chief public policy spokesman and strategist.
From 1990 until 1997, Jim was President of the Competitive Telecommunications Association (CompTel), the national industry association of competitive telecommunications companies. He frequently represented the competitive telecommunications industry before Congress and as an author, speaker, and commentator. Prior to his tenure at CompTel, Jim was a partner in the Washington law firms Reed Smith Shaw & McClay and Pierson, Ball & Dowd, where he represented domestic and foreign telecommunications carriers and manufacturers, television and cable program producers and studios, and broadcast, journalistic and telecom industry associations.
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