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We are
pleased to announce that Super Lawyers®-Washington D.C. has
named Steven A. Lerman, Dennis P. Corbett, and Brian M. Madden to its list of
Washington, D.C.’s most outstanding attorneys for 2011. This is the
fifth year in a row for Steve, the third consecutive year for Dennis, and the
second year in a row for Brian to be selected to the D.C. Super
Lawyers list. Super
Lawyers magazine publishes an annual
list of each state’s top attorneys based on practice area. The rigorous
selection process considers peer evaluations, professional achievement and
other factors that guarantee a diverse selection of the state’s top
lawyers. Steve, Dennis, and Brian were recognized for their work with
communications industry clients. Within the communications practice
section, only 31 attorneys were named to the list for the Washington, D.C.
region. In the
course of almost 40 years of practice, Steve has served as counsel for
several of the largest radio companies in the United States, two of the
national broadcast television networks and the two largest radio syndication
companies. He served as outside General Counsel for CBS Radio for a
decade. He has also served as a member of the Boards of Directors of
three publicly-traded companies in the radio industry. Steve has
extensive expertise in the representation of broadcast stations in all areas
of Federal Communications Commission regulation, has handled many cases
involving government intrusion into content and other First Amendment-related
issues, and has served as a member of the Federal Communications Bar
Association’s Committee on Professional Responsibility. In addition to
his selections by Super Lawyers, Steve has been selected three times
as one of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business by Chambers USA, and in
2009-2011 was designated as one of Washington, D.C.’s best lawyers by The
Best Lawyers in America. In 2007, he received the Joseph Wharton
Award from the Wharton Club of Washington, D.C. for outstanding achievement
and service to The University of Pennsylvania and the community, as well as a
Distinguished Leadership Award from Penn for his role as Chair of a $7.5
million Scholarship Initiative benefiting financially disadvantaged college
students. In 2008, Steve received an Extraordinary Service Award for
pro bono efforts on behalf of the Minority Media and Telecommunications
Council. Steve also serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board at the George
Washington University Law School, was a member of Penn’s Undergraduate
Committee on Student Financial Aid, and has been profiled in the George
Washington University Law School Alumni Magazine and The Penn Gazette. Dennis,
the head of Lerman Senter’s Broadcast Practice Group, has advised clients on
a broad range of regulatory and transactional matters throughout the
communications industry and represented clients in major administrative
litigation and FCC enforcement proceedings. He has more than 30 years
of experience in these areas, and is a frequent panelist at industry
conferences and conventions. An active member of the Federal
Communications Bar Association, Dennis has served on the FCBA’s Executive
Committee and also co-chaired multiple committees including the Enforcement
Practice (current), Mass Media Practice, and Access to Records
Committees. He presented oral argument for petitioners in the United
States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Council Tree
Communications, Inc. v. FCC, 619 F.3d 235, which last summer resulted in
the Court’s striking down two FCC rules that impeded the participation of small
businesses in spectrum auctions. Dennis has in the past served on the
Board of Trustees of the Lowell School in Washington, D.C. and is a past
recipient of the Richard B. Barker award, given in recognition of his service
on the Board of Trustees of The Barker Foundation, an adoption agency serving
metropolitan Washington. For over
35 years, Brian has specialized in the representation of radio and television
station owners in all aspects of regulatory matters before the FCC and in
numerous transactions involving the purchase and sale of broadcast
properties. Prior to entering private practice, Brian worked in the
Broadcast Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission. He has
participated on panels regarding regulatory and business issues at many communications
industry conventions including the National Association of Broadcasters and
the Media Financial Management Association. Brian served as co-chair of
the Federal Communications Bar Association's FCC Enforcement Practice
Committee from 2004-2005, and has also been a member of the FCBA's Committee
on Professional Responsibility, the Mass Media Practice Committee, and the
Transactional Practice Committee. From 1989-1992, Brian was the
President of the Capitol Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
International (JDRF). In 1993, he was named the International
“Volunteer of the Year” of JDRF. Brian is currently the Treasurer and a
member of the Board of Trustees of the Round House Theatre in Bethesda,
Maryland, and serves on the theatre’s Executive Committee and as Chair of its
Finance Committee. May 4, 2011 |
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