Stuart Brotman
Encyclopedia
Stuart N. Brotman is an American government policymaker; management consultant; lawyer; educator; author and editorial adviser; and non-profit organization executive. He is recognized as the private sector’s leading authority on The National Broadband Plan
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, Brotman received his M.A. in Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall), where he served as Note and Comment Editor of the California Law Review
.
During the Carter Administration, Brotman served as Special Assistant to the President’s principal communications policy adviser and Chief of Staff at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA).
Since 1984, Brotman has served as President of Stuart N. Brotman Communications, a global management consulting firm based in Lexington, Massachusetts. As a senior adviser for telecommunications, Internet, media, entertainment and sports clients, he has worked on merger and acquisition projects totaling $150 billion and on litigation matters with over $2 billion in damage claims.
Brotman also served as President and CEO of The Museum of Television & Radio, where he oversaw Museum operations in New York City and Los Angeles and enabled the Museum to make major strides in transition the bicoastal 20th century museum to a 21st century institution with global reach.
He has held faculty appointments in international telecommunications and intellectual property at Boston University School of Law
and Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School
, where he teaches entertainment and media law and formerly taught telecommunications law.
He currently serves as a Director of the Digital Policy Institute and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Communication Arts Partners, is a member of the New England Steering Committee of the Einsenhower Fellowships, and also on the National Advisory Council of the Northwestern University School of Communication
. He is a Mentor of the Arts in Crisis Initiative at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Brotman has served as Chairman of the United States-Israel Science and Technology Foundation and the American Bar Association’s International Communications Law Commuttee. He also has served on the boards of the Boalt Hall Alumni Association, the Museum of Television & Radio, and on the editorial advisory boards of the Journal of Biolaw & Business and the Journal of Science and Technology and Law. He served as a Senior Mentor of the Henry Crown Fellowship Program at The Aspen Institute, and is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Cosmos Club, and the National Press Club. He is also is an Honorary member of the China Television Broadcasters Association.
He is listed in Who's Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, Who's Who in Finance and Industry and Who's Who in the World. He is a recipient of the Northwestern University Alumni Merit Award for distinguished professional achievement and the Distinguished Alumnus Award in Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
He is a member of the State Bar of California, the Bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the American Bar Association and the Federal Communications Bar Association.
He is the editor of The Telecommunications Deregulation Sourcebook, a popular reference volume covering the broadcasting, cable television and telephone industries; Telephone Company and Cable Television Competition, a pioneering anthology dealing with technical, economic and regulatory aspects of broadband networks; and the author of Broadcasters Can Negotiate Anything, a best-selling management education book for radio and television executives published by the National Association of Broadcasters. He also is the author of Communications Law and Practice, the leading comprehensive treatise covering domestic and international common carrier and mass media regulation.
National Broadband Plan (United States)
Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan, unveiled March 16, 2010, is a FCC plan which deals with improving broadband Internet access throughout the United States. One goal was providing 100 million American households with access to 100 Mbit/s connections by 2020...
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Biography
After graduating summa cum laude from Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, Brotman received his M.A. in Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall), where he served as Note and Comment Editor of the California Law Review
California Law Review
The California Law Review is the flagship law journal of UC Berkeley School of Law . Founded in 1912, the Review was the first student law journal published west of Illinois....
.
During the Carter Administration, Brotman served as Special Assistant to the President’s principal communications policy adviser and Chief of Staff at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves as the President's principal adviser on telecommunications policies pertaining to the United States' economic and technological advancement and to regulation of the...
(NTIA).
Since 1984, Brotman has served as President of Stuart N. Brotman Communications, a global management consulting firm based in Lexington, Massachusetts. As a senior adviser for telecommunications, Internet, media, entertainment and sports clients, he has worked on merger and acquisition projects totaling $150 billion and on litigation matters with over $2 billion in damage claims.
Brotman also served as President and CEO of The Museum of Television & Radio, where he oversaw Museum operations in New York City and Los Angeles and enabled the Museum to make major strides in transition the bicoastal 20th century museum to a 21st century institution with global reach.
He has held faculty appointments in international telecommunications and intellectual property at Boston University School of Law
Boston University School of Law
Boston University School of Law is the law school affiliated with Boston University, and is ranked #22 among American law schools by US News and World Report magazine. It is the second-oldest law school in Massachusetts and one of the first law schools in the country to admit students regardless...
and Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
, where he teaches entertainment and media law and formerly taught telecommunications law.
Professional Affiliations, Honors, and Awards
In 2000, Brotman was named the first USA Telecommunications Eisenhower Fellow.He currently serves as a Director of the Digital Policy Institute and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Communication Arts Partners, is a member of the New England Steering Committee of the Einsenhower Fellowships, and also on the National Advisory Council of the Northwestern University School of Communication
Northwestern University School of Communication
The Northwestern University School of Communication is an undergraduate and graduate institution devoted to the academic study of communication arts and sciences, located on Northwestern University's campus in Evanston, Illinois, about 12 miles north of downtown Chicago.The School has its origins...
. He is a Mentor of the Arts in Crisis Initiative at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Brotman has served as Chairman of the United States-Israel Science and Technology Foundation and the American Bar Association’s International Communications Law Commuttee. He also has served on the boards of the Boalt Hall Alumni Association, the Museum of Television & Radio, and on the editorial advisory boards of the Journal of Biolaw & Business and the Journal of Science and Technology and Law. He served as a Senior Mentor of the Henry Crown Fellowship Program at The Aspen Institute, and is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Cosmos Club, and the National Press Club. He is also is an Honorary member of the China Television Broadcasters Association.
He is listed in Who's Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, Who's Who in Finance and Industry and Who's Who in the World. He is a recipient of the Northwestern University Alumni Merit Award for distinguished professional achievement and the Distinguished Alumnus Award in Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
He is a member of the State Bar of California, the Bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the American Bar Association and the Federal Communications Bar Association.
Publications
Brotman has written over 300 articles and reviews on business, technology, policy, history, negotiation, law, regulation and international trade that have appeared in scholarly and professional publications, including Broadcasting, Business Week, Cable Communications Magazine, Communications Week, Electronic Media, Journal of Communication, Multichannel News, The National Law Journal, Network World, Satellite Communications, Technology Review and Telecommunications; in law reviews published at Berkeley, Boston University, Hastings, Michigan, and UCLA; and in The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, Indianapolis Star, The Journal of Commerce, The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report and The Washington PostHe is the editor of The Telecommunications Deregulation Sourcebook, a popular reference volume covering the broadcasting, cable television and telephone industries; Telephone Company and Cable Television Competition, a pioneering anthology dealing with technical, economic and regulatory aspects of broadband networks; and the author of Broadcasters Can Negotiate Anything, a best-selling management education book for radio and television executives published by the National Association of Broadcasters. He also is the author of Communications Law and Practice, the leading comprehensive treatise covering domestic and international common carrier and mass media regulation.