Jim Schulz has been practicing law in Washington
DC since 1996. Much of his practice centers on the changing telecommunications and new media landscape,
commercial space activities, and the emerging private human spaceflight industry.
Jim has assisted clients with many issues at the intersection of business, telecommunications and space law.
He has represented Fortune 200 companies as well as start-ups with issues such as financing a satellite venture, domestic
and international common carriage, business formation, participation in the Universal Service program, wireless licensing
and spectrum issues, negotiation and implementation of contracts, earth station licensing, telemarketing issues, equipment
certifications, license transfers and assignments, and mergers and acquisitions.
A
strong advocate for greater private sector participation in space activities, Jim has written several articles on the subject,
including “Little LEOs and Their Launchers” (CommLaw Conspectus, 1995) and “Orbital Arc Locations,
A Guide to Valuation” (Via Satellite, 1999).
Jim has been a guest lecturer for the telecommunications segment of the Space Law course at Catholic University’s
Columbus School of Law, and has participated as a panelist and speaker at the International Space Development Conference and
several space investor forums. He also participated in the FAA’s rulemaking regarding the establishment
of safety criteria for human spaceflight operations, and assisted in drafting the Spaceflight Liability and Immunity Act that
was passed into law by the Virginia Assembly in 2007.
Jim began his legal career as an intern at NASA’s Office of General Counsel,
in the Commercial Space Division. He also interned in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at the
Federal Communications Commission. Immediately prior to
founding James Philip Schulz, Attorney-at-Law, Jim was an attorney at a global top 50 law firm. He
is a member of the American Bar Association, the Federal Communications Bar Association, the International Association of
Space Entrepreneurs, and the Washington Space Business Roundtable.