Communications Lawyer Joins Sonnenschein

January 10, 2005

(Washington, D.C.)--Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP announced today that Zenas Choi has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as an associate in its Communications and Media practice. Choi comes to Sonnenschein from the legal department of America Online, Inc., where he was in-house counsel for corporate and regulatory affairs.

“Zenas has extensive knowledge of and experience with broadband and voice-service transactional and regulatory issues,” said Douglas Bonner, who co-chairs Sonnenschein’s Communications and Media practice in Washington. “His depth of knowledge of regulatory issues and transactional skills will be a tremendous asset to our clients.”

 While at AOL, Choi provided transactional and regulatory support to AOL's business units, including significant contributions in the development of a phone-to-phone voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) product, negotiation and drafting of numerous network services and Internet-focused agreements, and advising on FCC and state regulatory issues. Previously, Choi was an associate with the Telecommunications & E-Commerce Group at Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, where he had significant responsibility advising emerging telecommunications and technology companies on competitive telecommunications regulatory issues.

Choi earned a J.D. degree from Boston University School of Law and a B.A. degree in economics, cum laude, from Northeastern University.  

Sonnenschein, with more than 700 attorneys and other professionals in nine U.S. cities and a global reach, serves the legal needs of many of the world’s largest and best-known businesses, nonprofits and individuals.

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