Conference Program

MARTIN L. STERN
Partner, K&L Gates, USA

Marty Stern (marty.stern@klgates.com), is a partner in the Washington, D.C. of K&L Gates and is co-chair of the firm’s Telecom, Media & Technology (TMT) group. Marty represents telecommunications, information technology, and media firms in the U.S., Asia, and elsewhere.

He is the former deputy chief of the FCC’s Competition Division and has handled video competition issues for over twenty years -- at the U.S. Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, at the FCC, and in private practice.  Most recently, he has been representing the competitive broadband industry on program distribution policy matters, and has been handling competitive issues involving Video-over-the-Net distribution. He also represents satellite programmers and distributors on regulatory, policy and commercial matters.  Marty holds a J.D. from Georgetown University, and a BA/MBA from the University of Rochester.