Attorneys
ROBIN A. CASEY, born New York, New York; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas. Education: University of Oregon at Eugene (B.S., 1974; J.D., 1982). Member: State Bar of Texas, State Bar College, State Bar Public Utility Law Section Council; American Bar Association; Travis County Bar Association; Federal Communications Bar Association.
PRACTICE AREAS: Telecommunications Law; Cable Law; Electric Utility Law; Government Affairs.
Direct Telephone: 512.225.0011
rcasey@phonelaw.com
SUSAN C. GENTZ, born San Francisco, California; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas. Education: James Madison University; George Washington University (B.A., 1970); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1982). Member: State Bar of Texas; University of Texas School of Law Board of Advocates, 1981-1982; Travis County Bar Association (Business, Corporation and Taxation Law Section); Federal Communications Bar Association.
PRACTICE AREAS: Telecommunications Law; Cable Law; Transactional; Wireless.
Direct Telephone: 512.225.0014
sgentz@phonelaw.com
BILL MAGNESS, born Orange, Texas; admitted to bar, 1987, Massachusetts; 1992, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A. with honors, 1984); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. 1987); Harvard Law School (Visiting student 1986-87). Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Chief of Office of Customer Protection and Chief Counsel of Office of Policy Development, Public Utility Commission of Texas, 1996-1998. Member: State Bar of Texas (Public Utility Law Section).
PRACTICE AREAS: Telecommunications Law; Litigation; Electric Utility Law; Government Affairs.
Direct Telephone: 512.225.0019
bmagness@phonelaw.com
DIANE M. BARLOW, born Hot Springs, Montana; admitted to bar, 1982, Colorado, Montana and Illinois. Education: University of Montana (B.A., History, with honors, 1979; J.D., with honors, 1982). Member: State Bar of Texas; Travis County Bar Association; Federal Communications Bar Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Montana Law Review.
PRACTICE AREAS: Telecommunications and Cable Law with emphasis on Facility Installation and Relocation in Public Rights-of-Way; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Government Affairs.
Direct Telephone: 214.629.4318
dbarlow@phonelaw.com
VALERIE P. KIRK, born Utica, New York; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., with honors, 1967); Southern Methodist University (M.B.A., 1978); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1991). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1989-1991. Member: State Bar of Texas; Travis County Bar Association.
PRACTICE AREAS: Telecommunications Law; Electric Utility Law; Litigation.
Direct Telephone: 512.225.0008
vkirk@phonelaw.com
BRADFORD W. BAYLIFF, born Indianapolis, Indiana; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; Indiana House of Representatives, 1986-1994. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 1995; J.D., 1999). Editorial Staff, Federal Communications Law Journal, 1998-1999. Member: State Bar of Texas; Co-Chair of Texas Chapter of the Federal Communications Bar Association; Travis County Bar Association.
PRACTICE AREAS: Telecommunications Law; Cable Law; Electric Utility Law; Insurance Law; Government Affairs.
Direct Telephone: 512.225.0027
bbayliff@phonelaw.com
CAROLINE SCOTT, born Ames, Iowa; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A. 1974), University of Texas (J.D. 1984). Member: State Bar of Texas; Austin Bar Association. Former General Counsel, Texas Department of Insurance (1996 - 98) and General Counsel, National Association of Insurance Commissioners (1998 - 2000).
PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Regulatory Law; Administrative Law
Direct Telephone: 512.225.0018
cscott@cgmllp.com