Mr. Lerman has served as the Managing Member of the Firm since 2000.
In the course of his practice, Mr. Lerman has served as counsel in the acquisition and sale of hundreds of radio and television properties. Mr. Lerman also has represented broadcast stations in all areas of FCC regulation, and has handled many cases involving governmental intrusion into content and other First Amendment-related issues.
On behalf of radio and television station owners, he has negotiated employment agreements with on-air talent and executives, as well as professional sports broadcast rights transactions, and has handled various equal employment opportunity related matters, including investigations and dispute resolution. He has also represented on-air talent and has negotiated syndication arrangements for such performers.
Mr. Lerman’s clients have included several of the largest radio companies in the U.S., two of the national broadcast television networks, two of the most prominent radio syndication companies, the flagship station of the Public Broadcasting Service and nationally syndicated radio talk show talent.
Mr. Lerman has also served as a Member of the Boards of Directors of three major, publicly-traded companies in the radio industry: Infinity Broadcasting Corporation; Premiere Radio Networks, Inc.; and Westwood One, Inc., including service as a member of Westwood’s Audit Committee.
Mr. Lerman also has participated on several panels at broadcast industry conventions and has conducted numerous seminars on various regulatory topics with broadcast organizations. He was a member of the FCBA Committee on Professional Responsibility from 1989-1991.
Mr. Lerman has served as Vice President-Development and Director of the Middle Atlantic Regional Advisory Board of the University of Pennsylvania, Chair of Penn's Middle Atlantic Scholarship Initiative, a Member of the Committee on Undergraduate Financial Aid at Penn, and founder of several financial aid scholarships at Penn and a merit scholarship at George Washington University Law School. He also serves on the Dean's Advisory Board of George Washington University Law School.
Mr. Lerman was selected as one of Washington, DC’s Best Lawyers in the 2009-2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America; designated a “Super Lawyer” in 2007-2011 by Washington, DC Super Lawyers Magazine; selected as one of America's Leading Lawyers for Business by Chambers USA in 2005-2007 and 2010-2011; and included in the 2009/2010 edition of Strathmore’s Who’s Who. In 2007, Mr. Lerman received the Joseph Wharton Award from The Wharton Club of Washington, DC for outstanding achievement and service to Penn and to the community. In 2008, he received an Extraordinary Service Award for pro bono efforts on behalf of the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council. He has been profiled in The George Washington Law School Alumni Magazine and The Penn Gazette.
From 1972-1985, Mr. Lerman was an associate and later a partner in the communications law firm McKenna, Wilkinson & Kittner.
