Abram Shanedling is special counsel in the Business Trial Practice Group in the firm's Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm's Communications Team.
Abram is a seasoned commercial litigator specializing in administrative and regulatory litigation and disputes. He has extensive experience assisting clients in the communications sector, including cable operators, broadband providers, and technology companies, navigate the complex landscape of litigation, government rulemaking proceedings, and competitive network deployment. With a deep understanding of the intricacies involved in communications law, Abram has become a trusted advisor for clients dealing with local franchising, access to rights-of-way, PEG programming, pole attachments, infrastructure deployment, and a broad spectrum of other issues critical to the communications industry.
Abram's representations have been before state and federal trial and appellate courts across the country, as well as administrative agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and state public utility commissions. In addition to his regulatory litigation work, Abram handles various business disputes and controversies involving federal and state statutory, constitutional, energy, environmental, intellectual property, false advertising, defamation, unfair competition, contract, privacy, and administrative law issues.
In addition to his practice, Abram is actively involved in the firm, currently serving on Sheppard's Pro Bono Committee and Recruiting Committee. Abram is dedicated to pro bono service and public interest litigation in Washington, D.C. and across the country. He has long represented Trout Unlimited, which is dedicated to protecting and restoring America's coldwater fisheries and watersheds, in federal environmental litigation under the Clean Water Act to protect Bristol Bay, Alaska. Abram has also represented several clients in immigration, asylum, and civil rights matters and successfully aided a federal inmate in securing compassionate release.
Outside of the firm, Abram is a Co-Chair of the State & Local Practice Committee of the Federal Communications Bar Association and an Associate Trustee of the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs.
Abram previously served as a law clerk for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary and as a legal intern in the Office of the Chief Counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.