Chuck Divone

General Counsel at National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative

Chuck Divone joined NRTC as the general counsel in 2017. Divone most recently served as Deputy General Counsel at Neustar where he managed a team of five attorneys and two paralegals. Divone focused his practice on commercial transactions, litigation, intellectual property and compliance.

While at Neustar, Divone played key roles in extending Neustar’s high-value number portability contract, streamlining Neustar’s sales pipeline, and obtaining a dismissal of all claims in a high-visibility securities lawsuit.

Previously, Divone was with Sprint Nextel, Nextel Communications, and Nextel International, where among other duties he led the Commercial Law Group and negotiated a five-year master supply agreement with one of the world’s largest telecommunications equipment companies.

Divone is a graduate of Fordham University and Fordham School of Law, and has additional training from Georgetown University in strategic business leadership.

Timeline

  • General Counsel

    Current role