Cheng
is a Staff Attorney who joined the Firm in May 2007. He handles legal and regulatory
matters for various types of clients involved in the communications industry, including prepaid calling card providers and
distributors, wholesale telecommunications providers, Mobile Virtual Network Operators (“MVNO”), long distance
providers, wireless providers and licensees, 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: assisting clients in preparing and filing FCC Forms 499-A and 499-Q; advising clients on
general and complex USF compliance strategies; analyzing and drafting service (carrier, agent, distributor, etc.) agreements;
assessing and drafting wireless MVNO agreements; assisting clients regarding compliance with Communications Assistance for
Law Enforcement Act (“CALEA”) regulations; preparing CALEA System Security and Integrity Plans; advising clients
regarding FCC/State transfer of control requirements; preparing FCC Section 214 authorization applications and assisting clients
with the Executive Branch review process of such applications; assisting clients with responding to slamming complaints; preparing
sales and third party verification (TPV) scripts; assisting with 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 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
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.
