Full Biography for Steven Hoffer

STEVEN M. HOFFER 95 Mariner Green Dr. Corte Madera, California 94925 e-mail: worldvu@well.com (415) 927-7364

EDUCATION:

J.D. 1983 - University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City. Class standing: top twenty percent.

LL.M. 1988 - Vrije Universiteit (Free University of) Brussels, Belgium, International and Comparative Law, Magna Cum Laude.

ATTORNEY POSITIONS:

Representing rural telephone companies in California regulatory proceedings by writing briefs and presenting oral argument in adversarial investigations and rulemakings. Drafting pleadings on competition law issues including universal service, rate of return, discriminatory pricing, bundling, price caps, access to essential facilities, subsidies, and leveraged monopoly power. Advising clients on business torts, contracts, leases, enterprise formation, capitalization, distribution, end-user agreements, Internet law, and liabilities.

Led U.S. AID's efforts to set up a joint venture among ten African railways requiring legal cooperation to establish a new network for the exchange of data and voice messages via satellite. Mediated cross-border disputes over ownership, control, capitalization, and regional treaties. Conducted hearings for the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia and drafted legislation concerning women's rights, dispute resolution, sustainable development, trade, investment, aid, radioactive waste transport, the nuclear test ban, security, and treaty ratification. Participated at ministerial meetings in the U.N. General Assembly special session on Agenda 21 during June, 1997.

SENIOR REGULATORY ATTORNEY: MCI Telecommunications Corporation, Corporate Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 1989 - 1993

Represented client in adversarial proceedings before the state and federal courts, the FCC, and the CPUC, on regulatory issues related to competition, monopolization, exclusionary practices, and predation, as well as supervised local counsel. Planned regulatory strategies on long-distance and global information services and alliances, designed offerings, rates, and investments. Cross-examined senior expert witnesses on economic, financial, and technical issues as well as public policy reform matters. Developed international and domestic tariff provisions, controlled potential liabilities, settled seven-figure tort actions and ensured compliance with regulatory and antitrust law. Negotiated long term service commitments, equipment leases, software licenses, facility installs, commercial paper, sales and marketing agreements and long-distance service contracts with multinational companies.

ASSOCIATE: Furth, Fahrner & Mason, San Francisco 1985 - 87

ATTORNEY: Farella, Braun & Martel, San Francisco 1983 - 84

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

HONORARIUM RECIPIENT: University of California, Berkeley (1995): Presented a four-part lecture series on the "Legal and Institutional Framework of the European Union and Environmental Policy."

SENIOR LECTURER IN EUROPEAN UNION LAW: Palacky University (courtesy of Civic Education Project and Yale University), Olomouc, Czech Republic 1994 - 1995

Taught courses for both the law and philosophical faculties on European Union (EU) Law, Public International Law, and Economy of Newly Industrialized States.

PUBLICATIONS:

World Cyberspace Law, 275 pp. (pending 1998)

Distributor Termination Litigation in the Wake of Monsanto, Seventh Annual Seminar on DISTRIBUTION, pp. 371-428 (1986) (contributor).

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1983, the Federal Court for the Southern and Northern Districts of California in 1983, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1987. American Bar Association, and Committee Sections.