Jonathan E. Nuechterlein
Wilmer Hale
Mr. Nuechterlein represents clients in the US Supreme Court and the federal courts of appeals on a broad range of issues. He also represents major telecommunications clients before the FCC in connection with the IP services market, federalism issues, net neutrality, broadband deployment and intercarrier compensation.
From January 2000 until his arrival at the firm in early 2001, Mr. Nuechterlein served as Deputy General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission, where he oversaw litigation arising from the Telecommunications Act of 1996. From 1996 to 2000, he served as Assistant to the Solicitor General in the US Department of Justice. In that capacity, he personally argued seven cases in the US Supreme Court, drafted the federal government's briefs in many additional cases and helped formulate the government's litigation strategy on a wide range of issues.
He is the author (with Phil Weiser) of Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age (MIT Press 2005), which comprehensively analyzes the law and economics of competition in the US telecommunications industry. Digital Crossroads has been described as "a magnificent achievement" (Cornell economist Alfred Kahn) and as "invaluable to anyone trying to navigate the tumultuous changes of the digital age" (former FCC Chairman Michael Powell).
Biography added May 6, 2010