Carlton Fields has extensive experience representing Internet, cable, local, wireless, and long distance telecommunications providers as well as manufacturers and suppliers to the communications industry. On their behalf, we appear in proceedings before federal and state courts, local governmental bodies, and state and federal agencies including the Federal Communications Commission and Florida Public Service Commission.
We handle telecommunications tax audits, cell tower siting, tariff disputes, right-of-way franchise ordinances, easements, interconnection charges, zoning and permitting, and other issues related to communications facilities. Our experience also includes condemnation proceedings pertaining to parties' leasehold interests in communications towers. As a full-service law firm, our capabilities extend to telecommunications matters that touch upon diverse practices including corporate, intellectual property, employment, real estate, and bankruptcy.