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202-429-8970
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S. Jenell Trigg

Counsel Emeritus*
Phone: 202-416-1090
Fax: 202-293-7783
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Practice Areas

Broadband, Spectrum, and Communications Infrastructure
Intellectual Property
Privacy, Data Protection, and Cybersecurity
Media
Utilities
S. Jenell Trigg's Profile Image

S. Jenell Trigg

Counsel Emeritus*
Phone: 202-416-1090
Fax: 202-293-7783

Practice Areas

Broadband, Spectrum, and Communications Infrastructure
Intellectual Property
Privacy, Data Protection, and Cybersecurity
Media
Utilities

Jenell Trigg is Chair Emeritus of Lerman Senter’s Privacy, Data Protection and Cybersecurity Practice Group and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (“CIPP/US”) under the International Association of Privacy Professionals. She specializes in privacy, data protection and cybersecurity issues, intellectual property concerns, and government regulation of the internet and new technologies. Jenell also maintains a varied practice in broadcast, wireless, cable, internet, and telecommunications industries.

As a former broadcast television sales and marketing executive for 16 years in two major media markets, Jenell has a firsthand understanding of the practical impact of regulations on business operations and a company’s bottom line. She has an invaluable perspective on the FCC rulemaking and enforcement process, having served on the staffs of two FCC Commissioners and at the FCC Bureau/Office level. Prior to private practice, Jenell served as Assistant Chief Counsel for Telecommunications for the Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration, where she directed involvement in communications, technology, and internet issues and proceedings before the FCC, other federal and state government agencies, the White House, and Congress.

As detailed in Our Values, Jenell is a nationally recognized leader in fostering broad participation and meaningful engagement of new entrants, entrepreneurs and small businesses in ownership and management across the media, communications, and tech sectors. She serves as Lerman Senter’s Director of Competition and Equal Opportunity.

Education
  • The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
  • CUA’s Law &Technology Institute, Certificate with honors
  • Northwestern University, B.S.
  • International Association of Privacy Professionals, Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US)
  • National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation, Broadcast Leadership Training Program, Fellow
Bar and Court Admissions
  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third, Tenth, and District of Columbia Circuits
  • United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Professional Affiliations
  • District of Columbia Bar Association
  • Maryland State Bar Association
  • Federal Communications Bar Association, Founder and Co-Chair Emeritus of Privacy & Data Security Committee
  • American Bar Association
  • ABA Forum on Communications Law, Member of Governing Committee, and Founder and Co-Chair Emeritus, ABA/FCBA Annual Privacy & Data Security Symposium
  • ABA Forum’s Women in Communications Law
  • CUA Law & Technology Institute Alumni Association, Past President
  • International Association of Privacy Professionals
  • National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation, Broadcast Leadership Training Program, Faculty
Recognition
  • Best Lawyers in America in Privacy & Data Security (2019-2021) and both Communications and Privacy & Data Security (2022-24)
  • Lawyers of Distinction for Communications and Privacy & Data Security (2019-2023)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition
  • Lifetime Achievement Award from the Multicultural Media, Telecom, and Internet Council
  • Member, FCC’s Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment
  • Member, FCC Diversity Committees
  • Distinguished Alumni Award, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law
  • The National Top 100 Black Lawyers (2021-2023)
  • “Dean” of the Federal Communications Bar Association (2023)


*Please note that the job title of “Counsel Emeritus” identifies a lawyer who is no longer actively practicing law, but whose broad range of experience and legal expertise can be drawn upon by our attorneys.

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