Stephen J. Guzzetta

651-379-0900 ext. 102
guzzetta@bradleyguzzetta.com

Stephen J. Guzzetta is currently licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the District of Columbia and the State of Minnesota. Mr. Guzzetta graduated from Boston College in 1990, magna cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. He received his law degree from American University's Washington College of Law in 1993. Mr. Guzzetta's practice areas primarily include cable television franchising and renewal, cable television rate regulation, cable system transfers, tower siting, municipal right-of-way management, telecommunications system franchising and administrative law.

Mr. Guzzetta began his legal career as a regulatory attorney with the Office of the Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia and the Office of Cable Television for the District of Columbia where his responsibilities included franchise enforcement, telecommunications planning and rate regulation. Mr. Guzzetta also represented the District of Columbia government before the Public Service Commission on a number of telecommunications policy issues. In addition, Mr. Guzzetta updated the District's cable ordinance, developed a telecommunications policy task force, and authored a city report on right-of-way management issues.

After working for the District government for several years, Mr. Guzzetta moved to the private sector joining Miller & Van Eaton, P.L.L.C., a Washington, D.C. - based telecommunications law firm representing municipalities throughout the country. Mr. Guzzetta assisted numerous municipalities with cable television franchise renewals and transfers, right-of-way management and compensation, and rate regulation issues. Mr. Guzzetta also drafted franchise agreements for cities which authorized competitive cable television systems.

Mr. Guzzetta has substantial experience practicing before the Federal Communications Commission. In particular, Mr. Guzzetta has participated in numerous rate proceedings, the Troy, Michigan preempting proceeding, the Chibardun/Rice Lake preemption proceeding, the Baltimore/United Artist franchise fee proceeding, the FCC's right-of-way management notice of inquiry, the FCC's cable modem rulemaking and the FCC's emergency alert proceeding. Mr. Guzzetta has also counseled municipalities on a variety of telecommunications issues, including telecommunications providers' use of municipal utility easements and various issues relating to public, educational and governmental access programming.

Mr. Guzzetta is a member of NATOA, where he serves on the Legal Counsel Committee, and a member of MACTA, where he serves on the Legislative Committee. Mr. Guzzetta is a frequent speaker at NATOA and MACTA conferences.