Maria Browne

Maria Browne is a leading advisor on the laws, regulations, and commercial arrangements governing digital infrastructure deployment. She represents broadband providers and other communications companies in matters involving network deployment, permitting, access to existing utility infrastructure, pole attachments, rights-of-way, and related regulatory and operational issues.

Maria helps clients navigate complex infrastructure projects by negotiating pole attachment and infrastructure access agreements, advocating in contested regulatory and litigation proceedings, and advising on the development of new laws, regulations, and industry standards affecting broadband deployment. Her practice spans transactional, regulatory, legislative, and dispute-resolution matters arising from the expansion and operation of communications networks.

She appears regularly before the FCC and has participated in numerous proceedings before state regulatory bodies, including in California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Maria also regularly works with local counsel to secure favorable outcomes for clients in state and federal courts.