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Mr. Page is a shareholder in the Firm’s Governmental Relations and Regulated Industries Group. He focuses his practice on the representation of regulated and non-regulated telecommunications carriers, natural gas companies, electric cooperatives, water and sewer companies, insurance agencies, securities dealers and brokers, financial institutions and other clients in administrative proceedings before regulatory commissions. He has assisted numerous competitors including interexchange carriers, competitive local exchange carriers and Virginia municipalities in certification, transactional and administrative matters in the competitive telecommunications industry. His representation of utility companies involves regulatory proceedings involving rates, services, affiliate transactions, transfers, financing and other matters. Legal Experience LeClairRyan, Glen Allen, Virginia, 1996 - present Thorsen Page & Marchant, Richmond, Virginia, 1985 - 1995 Wallerstein, Goode & Dobbins, Richmond, Virginia, 1983- 1985 Assistant Virginia Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, 1979 - 1983 Education University of Richmond, J.D., 1978 Cornell University, A.B., History, 1975 Extended Information Representative Matters Virginia regulatory counsel to Level 3 Communications, Inc. from 2002 to present Virginia regulatory counsel to MCI WorldCom, Inc. from 2000 to 2006. Virginia regulatory counsel to Sprint Communications from 1996 to 2000 Lead hearing and appellate counsel for successful challenge at Virginia Supreme Court of Virginia State Corporation Commission jurisdiction over Virginia inmate telephone system. Virginia regulatory counsel to 150+ competitive local exchange carriers and municipalities in certification proceedings in Virginia. Lead counsel to Virginia electric cooperatives in negotiation of pole attachment agreements with Virginia telephone and cable television companies Speaking Engagements Virginia Municipal League Annual Meeting, Municipal Broadband Opportunities October 2004 Municipal Electric Power Association of Virginia, Municipal Broadband and Telecommunications Opportunities Published Works A Defense of the Virginia Mandatory Continuing Legal Education System, Virginia Lawyer, February 2007 Municipal Broadband Opportunities, Virginia State Bar Journal of Local Government Law, Fall 2005 Classes and Seminars Taught The Virginia Freedom of Information Act and Public Access at the State Corporation Commission, Lorman Education Service, March 2007 Enforcement Actions at the State Corporation Commission National Regulatory Conference, May 2005 Update on Virginia Municipal Telecommunications Opportunities, Municipal Electric Power Association of Virginia, May 2004 Virginia Municipalities’ Entry Into the Telecommunications Market Executive Forum in Information Technology, December 2002 Virginia Municipalities’ Telecommunications Opportunities, Municipal Electric Power Association of Virginia, May 2002 Handling Proprietary and Confidential Material at the State Corporation Commission, Virginia State Bar Annual Meeting, June 2000 The Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Virginia State Bar Annual Meeting, June 1999 Entry into the Local Exchange Telecommunications Market, National Regulatory Conference, May 1999 Honors and Awards Listed in Law & Politics magazine’s Virginia Super Lawyers in the field of Utilities Law in 2006 and 2007 AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell Listed in Best Lawyers in America from 2003-2007 Professional Memberships Virginia Code Commission: Member, Administrative Law Advisory Committee Virginia State Bar: Current Chair and former Vice Chair, Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board; Former Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary, Administrative Law Section Board of Governors; Former Chair and Planning Committee Member, National Regulatory Conference Virginia Bar Association Coalition for a Greater Richmond: Member, Board of Directors Virginia Telecommunications Industry Association: Associate Member Admissions Virginia Place of Birth Washington, D.C. |
