Mike Watza presented a Municipal Telecommunications Update to the Oakland County Bar Association Municipal Law Section on January 25, 2023, featuring a list of proposed statutory amendments for the new Michigan Legislature, aimed at improving local community positions on such items as Broadband funding, market rents for ROW use and pro-neighborhood aesthetic controls on cell towers.

Michael J. Watza heads the governmental litigation and affairs practice at the Kitch firm. Mr. Watza’s areas of concentration include litigated, legislative and administrative solutions on behalf of municipal, non-profit and private sector clients in the areas of Telecommunications, Energy, Complex Litigation and Legislative Consulting. Mr. Watza represents clients in state and federal trial courts throughout Michigan and has argued in both the State and U.S. Court of Appeals as well as attended to regulatory matters before the Michigan Public Service Commission, Tax Tribunal, Department of Labor and Economic Growth and Federal Communication Commission. Mr. Watza has also represented his clients’ interests before the U.S. Congress and the Michigan State Legislature as a witness, client advisor, negotiator or drafter of legislation on various issues including energy, telecommunications, cable, pipelines, the formation of inter-governmental authorities and tort reform.

Mike Watza Presents a Telecommunications Update for Oakland County Bar Association

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