KBHC Board of Directors
Danny Adams
Danny Adams is a partner in the prestigious Kelley Drye law firm's Washington, D.C. office and a founding member of their Telecommunications practice. He also has served on Kelley Drye's Executive Committee and as the managing partner of two of Kelley Drye offices.
Mr. Adams has more than 30 years of experience in the telecom industry, serving in his first years after law school in various positions as an attorney for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), including special assistant to the chief of the Common Carrier (now Wireline Competition) Bureau. He has since been in private practice in Washington, D.C., exclusively representing telecom companies of all kinds.
Highlights of Mr. Adams' career include:
Negotiated three of the first six consent decrees with the FTC under the CAN-SPAM Act.
Handled key FCC enforcement matters, including several Universal Service Fund disputes and appeals, high-profile numbering disputes (e.g., 800-RED-CROSS and 800-SUICIDE), do-not-call actions, truth-in-billing complaints, intercarrier formal complaints, and one of only two FCC "death penalty" cases ever brought against telecom carriers (the case was settled without decertification of the client).
Argued case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, resulting in the reversal of FCC approval of alarm company aspects of the Communications Act and the mandatory divestiture of $1 billion worth of acquired assets.
Argued case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, resulting in the reversal of portions of the FCC's universal service fund rules and creation of the "12 percent rule" for USF assessments on international calling.
Represented the Kristin Brooks Hope Center in a dispute with the Department of Health and Human Services over the right to 800-SUICIDE and similar numbers which resulted in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversing the FCC ruling which had permanently taken the numbers from KBHC.
Memberships & Associations
Federal Communications Bar Association
Honors & Awards
Ranked in the 2008 and 2009 editions of Chambers USA as a leading practitioner in the telecommunications and broadcast & satellite regulatory area.
Mentioned in the 2009 edition of US Legal 500 for his work with the telecommunications practice.
Received the highest AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Listed in Madison's "Who's Who" among attorneys.
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