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Philip Mause is a partner in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group concentrating primarily in the areas of communications, intellectual property, and economic regulation. He has extensive experience in litigation and regulatory proceedings involving telecommunications, intellectual property proceedings in court and before the International Trade Commission, and proceedings before state regulatory authorities involving electricity, gas and telephone communications.
Phil's background in economics has enabled him to litigate complex cases involving economic and accounting issues including Section 337 proceedings before the International Trade Commission, professional liability cases involving accountants, utility rate cases and facility licensing proceedings.
Phil has litigated numerous proceedings in federal district court and before state regulatory authorities concerning all aspects of telecommunications including access charges and other tariffs relating to long distance service, the provision of equal access, the provision and tariffing of new or enhanced telecommunications services, the routing of long distance service, interconnection, equal access balloting, dial around compensation, reciprocal compensation and facilities leasing. He was also selected to represent state regulatory authorities in the Tunney Act proceedings resulting from the resolution of United States v. AT&T. Phil also has considerable experience preparing cellular radiotelephone applications and related litigation before the Federal Communications Commission and in federal district court.
Phil's regulatory experience includes proceedings before state regulatory authorities in New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Delaware, North Carolina, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Texas, Colorado, Virginia, Maryland and Wisconsin. These proceedings have concerned contested rate cases, facility licensing proceedings, and proceedings designed to develop new rate structures and other regulatory policies. For ten years, Phil also represented a leading state regulatory authority in all federal electric, gas and communications proceedings relevant to that state. He has also served as an expert witness concerning the impact of federal regulation on proceedings pending before a state regulatory authority.
A resident of Washington, DC, Phil has written law review and other articles addressing legal and economic issues, and has testified before Congress concerning the economic implications of awarding attorneys' fees to successful parties in civil litigation. He has lectured before conferences sponsored by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, the American Gas Association, TELOCATOR and the American Bar Association. He is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, California and the Court of International Trade and is a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association. | 