1. STEVEN JAY HAMRICK
15301 Diamond Cove Terrace, Unit F
Rockville, MD 20850
(202) 415-7983; shamrick@hamrickgroup.com
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Experience
The Hamrick Law Firm, Washington, DC and Rockville, MD
Principal, January 2008 - Present
Provide legal representation to businesses, start-ups, and individuals in the areas of legal compliance,
mergers and acquisitions, litigation, intellectual property, contracts, employment, construction law and privacy
issues.
 Prepared consulting services agreements and confidentiality agreements for exploration and refinery
transactions valued at tens of millions of dollars involving energy companies in Russia, South America
and the United States.
 Preserved entirety of retirement plans and negotiated generous settlements for clients in divorce and
custody proceedings, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
 Saved client hundreds of thousands of dollars in negotiated settlement of lawsuit brought by developer
for breach of contract and breach of warranty (defective product).
 Obtained generous settlements on behalf of two clients in employment law matter in United States
District Court.
 Successfully guided an international corporation through employee immigration issues such as H-1B
filings and extensions, Prevailing Wage Determination applications, actual wage determinations, Labor
Condition Applications, NAFTA Professional visas, Petitions for Nonimmigrant Workers (I-129), case
redetermination requests, requests for Premium Processing Service, and Permanent Employment
Certifications.
 Honored by Maryland's Governor and Chief Judge for work in Maryland's Foreclosure Prevention Pro
Bono Project.
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Fleischman and Harding LLP, Washington, DC
Associate, June 1999 - October 2007
Counseled large and small businesses, including Wall Street investment firms and telecommunications
companies, in the areas of legal compliance, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, strategic counseling,
policy and legislative advocacy.
 Directed effort that obtained state commissions' approval of the $164 billion Time Warner - AOL
merger.
 Represented Wall Street investment firm, and provided federal regulatory law guidance, for creation of a
joint venture with Cingular Wireless that obtained Federal Communications Commission ("FCC")
licenses valued at more than $3.1 billion.
 Negotiated formation of a corporation, and guided that corporation regarding federal regulatory law, on
behalf of Wall Street investment firm that obtained federal air-to-ground communications licenses
valued at $31.3 million.
 Represented communications companies in mergers and acquisitions of companies, and transfers and
assignments of federal licenses and state authorizations, worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

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 Obtained successful verdict in complex administrative litigation for communications company that
preserved millions of dollars in revenue for that client.
 Represented innovator of emergency notification system and a cellular radiotelephone service licensee
in negotiations with United States Congressional offices and the FCC.
 Prepared proposed legislation presented to the United States House of Representatives' task force on
reforming the FCC.
 Obtained federal regulatory approvals allowing Russian, Israeli and Cypriot telecommunications
companies to provide service in the United States.
 Gained state commission approvals across the United States for startup companies to provide local
telephone service.
 Prepared proposed rules that the FCC adopted for federal cellular radiotelephone rules for the Gulf of
Mexico.
 Procured regulatory approvals for clients to acquire or transfer thousands of federal communications
licenses and hundreds of state authorizations.
 Featured speaker regarding federal regulations at numerous international conferences.
 Subject of an article in a French telecommunications magazine.
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Arter & Hadden, L.L.P., Washington, DC
Associate, May 1996 - June 1999
Provided legal representation to international and domestic telecommunications companies in the areas of legal
compliance, contracts, policy advocacy, and employment.
 Create bidding and assignment rules for private assignment of federal communications licenses.
 Guide communications companies in acquisition of federal communications licenses worth millions of
dollars, including management structure and regulatory compliance.
 Negotiated and prepared agreements for purchase and sale of communications companies, transactions
worth tens of millions of dollars.
 Obtained federal approval for international telecommunications companies' provision of service in the
United States.
 Negotiated and prepared interconnection agreements for exchange of millions of dollars worth of
communications traffic.
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Education
American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC, Juris Doctor
American University, Washington, DC, B.A., Broadcast Journalism
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Bar Admissions
Maryland, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit, United States District Court for the District of Maryland
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