Handles domestic and international communications matters.
Worked at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and in broadcasting.
Represents technology companies before the FCC, the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of Defense (DOD).

Steve Rowings advises public and private technology and telecommunications companies, trade associations and investment funds on foreign and domestic communications matters.

With first-hand experience at the FCC and in broadcasting, Steve understands the operations and concerns of both clients and government regulators. He provides timely solutions, tailored to the business’s needs, to pressing, often novel legal issues. Clients appreciate the practical, actionable advice Steve offers them to help meet their short- and long-term goals.

Steve handles communications matters involving:

FCC rulemakings and policy advocacy
Spectrum auctions and spectrum leasing
Tower matters
Radio license transfers and renewals
Responses to enforcement actions
Compliance counseling
Drafting and negotiation of transactional documents in the telecommunications, media and technology spaces.

Steve also assists private equity and hedge funds in analyzing the effects of FCC regulation on investments and counsels clients on premerger integration planning and antitrust compliance.

Representative Work

Advised a client emerging from bankruptcy in appeals at the FCC and in the courts to regain its FCC licenses and eventually sell to a major telecommunications provider.
Helps clients craft and execute advocacy strategies that advance their interests in FCC rulemaking proceedings.
Aids clients in responding to enforcement actions and investigations and in developing proactive and remedial compliance processes.

Education
J.D., New York University School of Law, 2012
M.S., Syracuse University, 2007
B.A., Loyola University of Maryland, summa cum laude, 2006

Bar Admissions
District of Columbia
New York

Affiliations and Public Service

Honors Attorney, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission.
Legal intern, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission.
Member, American Bar Association.
Member, Federal Communications Bar Association.

Speeches and Publications

Speaker, “Lunar Spectrum and Lunar Governance,” NASA Interagency Operations Advisory Group, April 4, 2024.
Speaker, “On-Orbit Activities: The Future of Space Innovation and Regulation,” CONFERS, March 12, 2024.
Panelist, “Collaborative Space Infrastructure: Navigating Regulatory Challenges,” Space Beach Law Lab, February 29, 2024.
Panelist, “Digital Communities Dialogue: Smart Cities: How Digital Communities Can Serve the Interests of Their Citizens,” December 9, 2020.
Panelist, “Available Funding Opportunities for WISPs” webinar, November 5, 2020.