Walt Sapronov

Walt Sapronov has represented enterprise, carrier and service provider clients – including some of the largest in the United States – in telecom transactions and regulation for over thirty years. He has been named in Georgia Super Lawyers and, since 1996, in every annual edition of “International Who’s Who Legal – Telecom & Media”. Mr. Sapronov has negotiated countless wireless, enterprise and wholesale commercial telecom contracts with every major telecom carrier in the U.S. and with many abroad. He represents clients in FCC and state regulatory matters, and in telecom mergers, acquisitions and financing transactions. He has also represented various institutional clients in foreign investment transactions in U.S. telecommunications and wireless infrastructure.

Mr. Sapronov has served as president of the Computer Law (now the Technology Law) Section of the State Bar of Georgia, as president of the Atlanta Chapter of the Federal Communication Bar Association, and as co-chair of the ABA Science and Technology Section, Communications Division. In addition to his law practice, since 1988, Mr. Sapronov has served from time to time as an adjunct faculty member at the Georgia Institute of Technology (“Georgia Tech”), teaching telecommunications law for the College of Computing and for the pre-law program. He has been a guest lecturer on telecommunications for the Executive MBA program at Kennesaw State University. He is a frequent speaker at conferences, and has published numerous articles and two books, all on various subjects in telecommunications law. From 1999 to 2004, he co-chaired the PLI “Telecommunications Mergers, Acquisitions and Financing” seminar series. He has served as moderator and co-chair for various continuing legal education seminars, including Strafford (Enterprise Telecommunications Contract Negotiation), Law Seminars Internationa and Thomson Reuters.