Kristin Kay Berkland, experienced Business attorney in Woodbury, MN with 4 reviews
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Kristin Kay Berkland

1976 Wooddale Dr Ste 3 A, Woodbury, MN

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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, BA - Bachelor of Arts, with Honors
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Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, JD - Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude

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23 Jan, 2018
We worked with Kristin for about two years for our E-rate related matters from an audit to general E-rate consultation. We benefited a lot from her knowledge and expertise in the field. We had very successful results in our applications with her help. She is a hard worker, timely and very detailed professional. She is great to work with. I would definitely recommend her.
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Kim

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02 Jan, 2018
I have hired Mrs. Berkland the past two years to consultant and file Telecommunication documents with the FCC. She is timely, professional and courteous. She is a hard worker and completes any assignment in a timely manner. She goes above the scope of her assignment to help her clients. I look forward to working with her again in the future.
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Dave

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29 Dec, 2017
Kristin was our key legal support on Contribution matters at the Universal Service Administrative Company, aka USAC. I was the CFO at USAC, and my team and I worked with Kristin extensively on regulatory and legal issues arising from audits, assessments and appeals related to the Telecommunications companies required to contribute to the Universal Service programs. Kristin continually took a balanced approach to providing guidance that sought to balance the need to support compliance with the rules of the Universal Service programs with the need to minimize the impact on telecommunications companies who were required to contribute to the Universal Service programs. Always professional, and always using her strong knowledge of the telecommunications regulatory environment, she was a pleasure to work with and was a key asset for USAC.
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2017:
Blog, Bradley Berkland Hagen & Herbst, LLC, A Help and a Hindrance: New FCC Order Creates Benefits and Obligations for Providers of Intrastate Mixed-Use Special Access/Private Lines
2016:
Blog, Bradley Berkland Hagen & Herbst, LLC, Too Little, Too Late? Lessons from the Momentum Telecom Inc. Admonishment Order
2016:
Blog, Bradley Berkland Hagen & Herbst, LLC, How Much is Too Much? Can a Ministerial Error Override the One-Year Downward Revision Deadline
2015:
Client Alert, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Co-Author, Efaxers Beware! FCC Finds Efaxes Subject to Consumer Protections of TCPA and JFPA
2015:
Portfolio Media (Law360), Co-Author, Six Important Things for Telecommunications Providers to Know When Filing the 2015 FCC Form 499-A
2015:
Client Alert, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Co-Author, Companies at New Risk from Tighter FCC Robocall Regulations
2015:
Client Alert, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Co-Author, FCC Open Internet Advisory Procedures - Possibilities and Potential Pitfalls
2015:
Client Alert, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Co-Author, FCC Enters Into First Consent Decree with a Cable Operator Over Privacy Breach
2014:
Broadbandbreakfast.com, Dorsey Associate Kristin Berkland Remarks on Barash's Departure from USAC
2014:
Client Alert, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Co-Author, Lower Burden for Wholesalers to Prove Revenue from Resellers
2014:
Client Alert, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Co-Author, FCC Releases 2014 FCC Forms 499-A and 499-Q and Accompanying Instructions
2014:
Client Alert, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Co-Author, FCC Sets Comment Deadlines for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Environmental and Historic Review Processes for Small Cell and Distributed Antenna Systems
2009:
Client Alert, Bracewell & Guiliani LLP, Co-Author, Antitrust Under President Obama
2009:
Portfolio Media (Law360), Co-Author, Shadow Over More Aggressive Antitrust Enforcement? Supreme Court Holds Firm on Higher Hurdles for Monopolization Claims
2007:
Client Alert, Bracewell & Guiliani, LLP, Co-Author, Supreme Court Changes the Rules on Vertical Price Fixing
2006:
6th Annual National Institute on Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement, Co-Author, Recent Developments on Damages and Penalties
1998:
Honors Thesis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tug of War: The Push and Pull for Kosovo in the Balkans
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