Stephen J. Rosen

Steve Rosen is a partner at Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby, LLP. Steve's regulatory practice focuses on federal and state regulation of wireless and wireline telecommunications and information services, including the taxation of these services, federal grant and aid programs, and the use of spectrum by the aerospace industry. His transactional practice centers on the negotiation of technology contracts, including those for software and business process transformations, radio spectrum purchase agreements, and the professional services that accompany these technology upgrades.

Steve’s regulatory practice includes counseling systems integrators and wireless internet access providers on state and federal common carrier regulation, including associated taxes and fees. He also assists a state university hospital system in its compliance with USAC and FCC rules and policies governing the Rural Healthcare Program. In addition, he works with members of the aerospace industry to ensure that the most recently launched 5G wireless services do not interfere with mission critical avionics and counsels clients on the FCC’s rules governing investment contracts and private radio licenses.

Steve’s transactional work revolves around technology and professional services contracts. His SaaS negotiation experience includes assisting in the transformation of a state’s business processes and IT systems from bespoke on-premises systems to a unified cloud-based system, including negotiating custom contracts with the software provider and the software systems integrator. In addition, he has worked with a state retirement agency on updating its pension administration system from a custom on-premises hardware/software system to a cloud-based modified off the shelf solution. He has also assisted a large public utility in purchasing spectrum for use in its Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (“SCADA”) Network that connects, monitors, and controls its electric generation and transmission network.

Before joining the firm, Steve was a member of the FCC regulatory practice at Wiley Rein. After graduating from law school, he clerked for the Honorable Michael Farrell on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. While pursuing his J.D., Steve served as a member of the GW Law Review and earned membership in the Order of the Coif. Before he practiced law, Steve was a Second Lieutenant in the Medical Service Corps of the United States Air Force, and he wrote software for interactive video programs used in medical education.