Professional Background

Cheng is a Partner with the Law Offices of Thomas K. Crowe, P.C.  He handles legal and regulatory matters for various types of clients involved in the communications industry, including wireless providers and licensees, prepaid calling card providers and distributors, wholesale and retail telecommunications providers, Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), long distance providers, and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers, among others.  He has regular interaction with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), US Department of Justice (DOJ), US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and various state public utility commissions.

His recent work experience includes advising clients on: preparing and filing FCC Forms 499-A and 499-Q; general and complex universal service fund (USF) compliance strategies; analyzing and drafting service agreements (wholesale, end-user, carrier, agent, distributor, licensing, MVNO, etc.); diverse FCC enforcement actions and investigations; compliance with Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) regulations; compliance with Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) regulations; CALEA System Security and Integrity Plans; FCC/State transfer of control requirements; FCC Section 214 authorization applications and assisting clients with the Executive Branch review process of such applications; responding to slamming complaints; preparing sales and third party verification (TPV) scripts; ongoing relocation and band transition issues for wireless service providers and EBS licensees; acquiring industry codes for telecommunications providers; and preparing applications and tariffs for filing with state public utility commissions, among other things. 

He graduated from Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (Maurer School of Law) in May 2006.  While in law school, Cheng spent a summer as a legal intern for the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) where he assisted in drafting an OUCC policy guide for handling ratemaking issues before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.  Prior to law school, Cheng worked as a computer support representative for a large computer company and also as a project engineer for a national telecommunications provider.

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Indiana

Prior Experience

• Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, Legal Intern
• Telecommunications Project Engineer, Broadwing Communications

Published Works

• Monthly online Legal Column for Wireless Dealer Magazine, Co-Author, 2009 - present.
• FCC Revises Anti-Slamming Rules, Co-Author, Phone+ Magazine, Feb., 2008.
• Recent House Bill Proposes Federal Disclosure Requirements for Prepaid Providers, Co-Author, InteleCard News, Oct., 2007.
• FCC Extends Disability Rules to VoIP; Proposes New E911 Standards, Co-Author, InteleCard News, Aug., 2007.

Education

• Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington, IN, 2006, J.D.
• University of Texas, Austin, TX, 2000, B.A.