About me

Address: Washington, D.C.: Robert S. Strauss Tower, 2001 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20006-1037

Areas of Focus: Regulatory; Lobbying & Public Policy; Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection; Emerging Technologies; U.S. Territories & Freely Associated States; Sovereign & Government Investors

Biography:
Jennifer has represented technology and communications companies and investors for over three decades. She brings years of in-depth experience in the technology and communications field to her clients in the industry. She gained her insider’s knowledge of the business while serving as vice president and general counsel of a wireless communications company she helped build and sell to the Sprint Corporation. Jennifer is recognized for exceptional depth in matters related to the wireless networks—spectrum transactions and wireless regulation.
Jennifer represents a number of clients on drone applications, strategies and compliance. She was a voting member on the FAA’s Aviation Rulemaking Committee that studied and made recommendations to the FAA Administrator about technologies to enable remote tracking and identification of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). She serves on the steering committee of the ANSI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Standardization Collaborative (UASSC). Jennifer is an active participant in NASA’s UAS Traffic Management (UTM) working groups. She is a subject matter expert on the FCC’s Technological Advisory Council on UAS, and DHS’s Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC), which is studying how to protect critical infrastructure from drones. For the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA)/NASA UAS Working Group, Jennifer is active with members, the FCC and the FAA on spectrum solutions for UAS, including UAS command/control links, tracking and identification, payload communications, collision avoidance and UAS traffic management system.
Issues on which Jennifer advises clients include:
- Spectrum sharing, small cells and the evolution to 5G
- Unmanned aerial systems/vehicles (also known as drones)
- Wireless transactions and wireless policy including merger support
- VRS for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Smart Cities and the IoT
- TCPA compliance, rulemakings and litigation support
- Satellite regulations and transactions, including non-geostationary orbit satellites
- Tower and infrastructure development
- Air-to-ground services and in-flight broadband
- Universal Service Fund and Telecommunications Relay Service Fund
- Connected health care
- E-rate, educational technology and digital education
- Device and technology licensing
- Internet Service Provider (ISP) regulatory compliance and diligence.
Jennifer also negotiates and advises technology and communications companies and their investors on a wide range of industry-specific agreements, including:
- Spectrum acquisitions
- Spectrum leases
- Service agreements with major carriers
- Wholesale access agreements and program affiliation agreements (including retransmission consent and must-carry agreements)
- Roaming agreements
- Backhaul agreements
- Partnering agreements
- Joint build and construction agreements
- Mobile virtual network operator agreements
- Outsourcing agreements
- Collocation and tower agreements
- Fiber optic indefeasible-right-of-use (IRU) agreements.
Her clients span the communications and technology sector and include:
- Mobile network operators
- Aviation/airline companies
- UAS/UAM companies
- Fixed broadband providers
- Cable companies
- VRS service providers
- Online retailers
- Educational technology companies
- Broadcasters
- ISPs
- Tower companies
- Defense contractors
- Device manufacturers
- Foreign governments
- Real estate developers
- Data centers
- Fiber optic/backhaul companies.
Following law school, Jennifer clerked for Commissioner Julie Carnes of the U.S. Sentencing Commission and also for the Media Bureau of the FCC.

Representative Work:
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Credentials:
Education: J.D., Drake University Law School, 1991; M.A., Drake University, 1991
Bar Admissions: District of Columbia, 1993

Recognitions:
- The Best Lawyers in America , 2025.
- Chambers USA , Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite, District of Columbia, 2012-2026.
- The Legal 500 US , Media, Technology and Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory, 2023-2026.
- Washingtonian , Top Lawyer, Communications, 2024-2025.
- Women in Emerging Aviation Technologies Awards, Women to Watch Honoree, 2023.
- Euromoney, Expert Guide: Women in Business Law, Technology, Media and Telecommunications, 2022.
- Euromoney , Women in Business Law, Technology Lawyer of the Year Finalist, 2021.
- Cablefax, Top Lawyers, 2017-2018.

Affiliations:
- Board Member, TDIforAccess
- Member, Federal Aviation Administration Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Aviation Rulemaking Committee for Unmanned Aerial Systems
- Member, Drake University Law School Board of Counselors

Insights:
- FCC Seeks Comment on Proposals Designed to Expand the Reach of Covered List Prohibitions (August 17, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/fcc-seeks-comment-on-proposals-designed-to-expand-the-reach-of-covered-list-prohibitions
- FCC Seeks Comment on Additional Covered List Restrictions (August 11, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/blogs/interconnected-tmt/fcc-seeks-comment-on-additional-covered-list-restrictions
- Akin Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update | August 10, 2026 (August 10, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/newsletters/akin-space-law-regulation-and-policy-update-or-august-10-2026
- FCC Seeks Comment on Limiting Continued Importation and Marketing of Certain Previously Authorized Equipment Added to the FCC’s Covered List on December 22, 2025 (August 7, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/fcc-seeks-comment-on-limiting-continued-importation-and-marketing-of-certain-previously-authorized-equipment-added-to-the-fccs-covered-list-on-december-22-2025
- Foreign-Produced Power Inverters and Advanced Robotic Devices Added to FCC's Covered List and Designated as National Security Threats (August 4, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/foreign-produced-power-inverters-and-advanced-robotic-devices-added-to-fccs-covered-list-and-designated-as-national-security-threats
- FCC Adopts Landscape-Shifting Space Licensing Overhaul: Hello Part 100! (July 31, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/fcc-adopts-landscape-shifting-space-licensing-overhaul-hello-part-100
- Akin Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update | July 28, 2026 (July 28, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/newsletters/akin-space-law-regulation-and-policy-update-or-july-28-2026
- FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for July 2026 Meeting (July 16, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/blogs/interconnected-tmt/fcc-announces-tentative-agenda-for-july-2026-meeting
- Akin Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update | July 13, 2026 (July 13, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/newsletters/akin-space-law-regulation-and-policy-update-or-july-13-2026
- FCC Adopts New Submarine Cable Licensing Regime (July 13, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/fcc-adopts-new-submarine-cable-licensing-regime
- Akin Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update | June 29, 2026 (June 29, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/newsletters/akin-space-law-regulation-and-policy-update-or-june-29-2026
- Akin Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update | June 15, 2026 (June 15, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/newsletters/akin-space-law-regulation-and-policy-update-or-june-15-2026