Partner
Holland & Knight
Thomas A. Hart Jr. has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Hart brings extensive knowledge of the telecommunications industry, with particular emphasis on legislative and lobbying issues, global development projects, e commerce and Internet technologies, and mergers and acquisitions. His clients include broadcast, cable, satellite, common carrier, and wireless communications services.
Previously, Hart was a partner with Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP. He was instrumental in helping draft federal and state regulations governing the telecommunications industry, including the Telecommunications Act of 1996. He also has been active in the development of new information technologies utilizing wireless and wireline devices, and recently was referred to as an “architect of the Internet” by Industry Standard magazine. Hart is also experienced in entertainment, real estate, banking, and administrative law, as well as corporate diversity matters and legislative affairs.
Hart earned his bachelor’s degree in economics at Brown University, and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. He is admitted to practice before the state courts of the District of Columbia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth, Tenth, and District of Columbia Circuits, and is a member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court and District of Columbia.