Title:  Principal
Employer:  Law Offices of Martha Buyer, PLLC 

Featured In:
One Year Later: FCC’s CPNI Rules, 12/3/08
VZ Hikes Property Tax Fee, 10/8/08
To Be or Not to Be in a Telecom Consortium, 9/12/07
E-Discovery: What Your Lawyer Wants From You, 5/9/07

What I'm Best Known For (in the Telecom World):

Writing and commenting on current issues. Being a network engineer before being a lawyer.

Other Primary Areas of Expertise:

End-user issues affecting areas of telecommunications practice.

Summary of Professional Background:

M.S., Telecom, University of Colorado at Boulder, J.D. SUNY Buffalo, 7 years work as a network designer, just post-divestiture, prior to attending law school.  Lots of interesting and diverse clients.

Prediction on the Future of Telecom & Telecom Managers:

The voice and data world will continue to evolve together, but there will always be a place for those with expertise in both areas. One will never go away in favor of the other.

Weirdest Thing People Usually Don't Know about Me:

That I’m a figure skating judge. 

When I'm not talking or doing something in relation to telecom, I'm usually...

Playing tennis, coaching skiing, cooking or volunteering. 

Book and author I'm currently reading:

Errors and Omissions by Paul Goldstein

CD currently or most recently in my car stereo:

Original Broadway Cast Recording of "Gypsy" wiht Patti LuPone

The stupidest thing I've ever seen anyone do or say in relation to a phone:

That fiber optic cables were filled with water.  (and I’m the one who said it).