Stuart N. Brotman
47 Baskin Road
Lexington, MA 02173-6928
781/862-8892   781/861-0207 (fax)
sbrotman@brotman.com

Education   J.D., Law Review Editor, 1978, University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall); M.A., 1975, University of Wisconsin, Madison; B.S. summa cum laude, 1974, Northwestern University; professional training in negotiation and mediation, Harvard Law School, 1987-1988; overseas study at the Center for Communication Studies, London, 1972

Professional Experience   Founder and president of a global management consulting firm serving communications, information, Internet and entertainment companies, with special focus on advising CEOs, presidents and senior management teams on strategic business, technology, policy and operational issues. Since 1981, advised on over $200 billion of communications deals, including the merger of Bell Atlantic and NYNEX and AT&T and McCaw Cellular Communications; Senior Mentor, Henry Crown Fellowship Program, The Aspen Institute, Eisenhower Fellow in Telecommunications.

Government Service   One of the founders of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in Washington, DC, the Executive Branch agency in the United States responsible for long-range communications policy planning. Served as special assistant to President Carter's principal communications policy adviser (1978-81); liaison responsibilities with the White House, FCC, Department of Justice, other government agencies, the private sector, academic and research institutions and the press

Teaching and Research   Harvard Law School, 1997- (its first faculty appointment ever in telecommunications and its first research fellow appointment ever in entertainment and media); The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1990-1997 (professor of international communications law); Boston University School of Law 1990-1998 (professor of entertainment law); Information Technology Fellow, International Communications Studies Program, The Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1999-; Senior Fellow, The Annenberg Washington Program in Communications Policy Studies, Northwestern University, 1988-1996; Senior Fellow, The Edward R. Murrow Center for International Communications, 1994-1997

Public Service   Chairman of the International Communications Committee, American Bar Association, 1992-1995; adviser to The Aspen Institute, Commission of the European Communities, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Institute for Information Studies and the International Telecommunication Union

Writing   Author of over 300 scholarly and professional articles on communications, information and entertainment law, management and policy issues, representing the most prolific written output in the field during the past 20 years. Four books, including Communications Law and Practice, the leading treatise on common carrier and electronic media regulation, now in its twelfth edition

Speaking   Extensive lecturing at leading academic institutions and before key industry groups; media exposure in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time and other major print sources, and on ABC, NBC, National Public Radio and other major television and radio networks

Honors   Twentieth Century Fund Fellow in Law and Journalism; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in Finance and Industry; Who's Who in the World; Northwestern University Alumni Merit Award