Authored Articles & Publications Feb 24, 2023
Karish Published in American City & County: Public Works & Utilities
Local Government Telecom Policy Checklist for 2023
Gail represents public agencies in a wide range of telecommunications matters.
She helps clients with matters involving broadband and fiber networks, cable and telecom franchising, wireless communications and public-private partnerships.
Gail was named a Woman Worth Watching by the Profiles in Diversity Journal.
Gail A. Karish is a partner at Best Best & Krieger LLP who focuses on telecommunications, assisting clients in California and across the U.S. with a wide range of regulatory and transactional matters involving broadband and fiber networks, cable and telecom franchising, wireless communications and public-private partnerships.
Gail’s clients are mainly public agencies, such as local governments, water districts and municipal utilities. Public agencies can serve a variety of roles in relation to telecommunications infrastructure – regulator, owner, service provider, customer, partner – and Gail’s clients come to her for advice and guidance on issues that arise in all these contexts. She also represents some cooperatives, nonprofits and small competitive providers. Gail’s telecommunications practice regularly involves:
Regulatory Advice and Advocacy
Negotiations and Drafting Agreements
Prior to her private practice, Gail worked in-house at a Miami-based long distance telecommunications carrier that was a subsidiary of Entel-Chile, where she was responsible for state and federal licensing and regulatory compliance matters, and corporate and commercial contracts associated with the company’s launch of retail and wholesale telecommunications and Internet services serving the U.S. Hispanic market.
Gail started her legal career in infrastructure in Canada at Ontario Hydro, a large government-owned electric utility where she initially represented the utility at environmental and rate tribunals. She then assisted the utility’s international division to develop and implement an investment strategy, focused on privatization opportunities in Latin America, and was instrumental in the company’s 1994 acquisition and management of a Peruvian electric utility.
Gail frequently presents on telecommunications topics to organizations such as the International Municipal Lawyers Association, National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors and its regional chapters, League of California Cities and Alliance for Community Media. She was licensed but is now inactive in the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Gail’s services are provided through Karish Advisory Corp., a Canadian corporation.
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Local Government Telecom Policy Checklist for 2023
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How Communities Can Respond
Part 3: California Laws Impacting Public Agencies for 2020
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Federal Shutdown Does Not Delay Implementation
2019 Brings Changes to Election, Revenue, Conflict of Interest, Property and Public Safety Laws… and More
By Joseph Van Eaton, Gerard Lavery Lederer and Gail A. Karish
Local Governments Should Speak Up Now for Local Control
Victory for Local Governments
Governor has Until Oct. 15 to Veto Controversial Small Cell Bill
Small Cell Bill Curtails Local Discretionary Review and Rates
This Small Cell Bill Curtails Local Discretionary Review and Rates
Local Governments Should Respond by May 3
Local Governments Need to Voice Their Concerns Before April 26 Hearing
FCC Will Seek Comments
State AG Opinion Could Positively Impact Many Local Governments
By Gail Karish
Commission Decides Streamlined Process Required by DIVCA
By Gail A. Karish and Joseph Van Eaton
By Gail Karish and Joseph Van Eaton
By Gail A. Karish
By Gail Karish, Harriett Steiner, Joe Van Eaton
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