Background
O'Connell, Mary K. was born on July 14, 1963.
O'Connell, Mary K. was born on July 14, 1963.
Cornell University (Bachelor of Arts, 1986). University of California School of Law (Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1990).
Worked at Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby (Washington, DC) specializing in Communications, Administrative Law, Contract Law and Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1991, New York (Not admitted DC). Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby specializes in telecommunications law, with emphasis on the representation of large users and innovative uses of emerging technologies.
The firm has more experience than any other in negotiating custom network service arrangements and communications outsourcing for large users, and participates in state and federal proceedings involving issues such as local exchange competition, telco rates, access charges, interconnection, billing and collection, toll fraud, and mobile services, and the implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The firm assists companies in obtaining and providing international communications services, and routinely advises clients on telecommunications-related mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, new services, and joint ventures between unregulated companies and carriers.