Shirley Fujimoto

Shirley Fujimoto Partner - McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Shirley S. Fujimoto is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Washington, D.C. office. She is co-head of the firm’s Telecommunications Practice Group, where her practice focuses on communications and technology law and regulation. Shirley represents corporate, industrial and emerging company entities, including competitive communications carriers, energy companies, wireless carriers, broadband providers, high-tech equipment manufacturers and internet service providers. Shirley acts for a variety of communications and technology clients on the regulatory aspects of their business ventures and on compliance with the vast array of rules promulgated by federal and state agencies. She has extensive experience in regulatory issues associated with new technologies and entry into new communications markets and in identifying business opportunities created by regulatory and technology developments. She represents clients before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and state regulatory commissions, including day-to-day counseling on regulatory compliance, participation in policy and rulemaking proceedings, and strategies to enhance business opportunities in a complex legal and regulatory environment. She also provides strategic business planning advice to clients, including the negotiation and drafting of contracts covering a wide range of telecommunications-related products and services. She has prosecuted and defended communications-related complaints before the FCC and has also represented clients in appellate courts as petitioners for judicial review of an agency decision or as interveners on behalf of a party. Shirley has also represented multiple clients in connection with pending telecommunications-related legislation. Shirley is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia, and is admitted to practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Tue, May 08
03:15 PM - 04:45 PM	How Government is Driving AMI, Distribution Automation & SmartGrids -SUPER SESSION Room: 17A Legislators and regulators have decided that utilities need to invest more in automating their distribution systems. What they want is greater reliability, fewer outages, better restoration predictability, demand management through time-of-day billing and a touch of broadband in underserved areas. Congress began by passing the Energy Policy Act in 2005 that encourages investment in advanced energy infrastructure. And, states are following suit with regulations encouraging aggressive investment in improved infrastructure. With regulatory mandates likely to sweep the country, learn from experts what’s behind this drive and how it likely will affect your utility.