Mr. Chernoff has represented cellular and PCS companies in matters before the FCC and state public utility commissions involving universal service, tower siting, E-911, intermodal local number portability, and other aspects of communications law since 2001. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Chernoff was an associate in the telecommunications practice of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in Washington, D.C., where he represented local exchange carriers, wireless companies and cable providers. While in law school, Mr. Chernoff conducted a comprehensive study of Russian telecommunications law and interned at Bell Atlantic Corporation in Boston, where he assisted in-house counsel on local competition matters in the wake of the 1996 Telecommunications Act.

Mr. Chernoff received his law degree in 1998 from Boston College Law School in Newton, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1991 from Colby College, in Waterville, Maine, where he majored in Government. He is fluent in French and Russian, and is proficient in Spanish.

Mr. Chernoff is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the District of Columbia, but is not admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia.