Title: Co-Chair, Space Law Practice Group Practice Areas ...

Title: Co-Chair, Space Law Practice GroupPractice Areas: Commercial space transactions; space contract disputeresolution and arbitration; space project licensing and regulation; spaceinsurance; space policy and legislationEducation: McGill University, Air & Space Law Institute (LL.M.,1983); University of Oslo School of Law (J.D. equivalent, 1981)Bar Memberships: New York; Washington, D.C.Phone: (202) 625-4890 (Direct); (202) 298-8660Fax: (202) 625-8304 (Direct); (202) 342-0683E-mail: plmspace@erols.comPamela L. Meredith advises clients in the following areas: Commercial space project planningand implementation; commercial space transactions; risk management and insurance; licensingand regulation; export controls; and dispute resolution and commercial arbitration.Ms. Meredith has been an Adjunct Professor of Satellite Communications and Space Law atAmerican University's law school in Washington, D.C. since 1989.Practice AreasContracts. Ms. Meredith advises space clients on a variety of transactional matters, including,e.g., space hardware and service procurements, space asset acquisitions, and space joint venturesand alliances. She drafts and negotiates launch services agreements, satellite procurementcontracts, and transponder lease agreements, among other space contracts. Ms. Meredith also hasprovided expert testimony.Dispute Resolution and Arbitration. Ms. Meredith represents and advises clients in internationalcommercial space contract dispute resolution and arbitration.Insurance. Ms. Meredith advises clients on space project risk management and insurance. Shedrafts policy language and provides coverage opinions. She advises on space insurance lawissues and coverage defense.U.S. Government Consultation. Ms. Meredith represents U.S. and European clients inconsultations with the U.S. government, including the White House, Congress, Department ofState, Department of Defense, and NASA, on space-related legislation and policy matters. Shealso has obtained bilateral space cooperation agreements for foreign governments.Export. Ms. Meredith advises clients on U.S. government export controls – “ITAR” – includinglicensing and compliance. She obtains, e.g., DSP-5 licenses and technical assistance agreement(TAA), manufacturing licensing agreement (MLA), and retransfer approvals.FAA Licensing. Ms. Meredith obtains launch licenses from the Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) and advises on FAA regulatory matters, including rulemakings and compliance. Shemonitors related Congressional legislative developments. She also has advised the FAA on RLVregulatory approaches. She testified before a Congressional subcommittee on human space flightlegislation.

Pamela L. Meredith ContinuedFCC Licensing. Ms. Meredith has assisted or advised on some aspect of most of the majorFCC rulemaking and licensing proceedings for communications satellites in the 1980s and1990s, including fixed satellite service (C-, Ku-, Ka- and V-bands), mobile satellite service(geostationary, “Big LEO” and “Little LEO”), and position-location service. She has alsotestified as an expert witness in litigation concerning the interpretation of FCC regulations.MembershipsMs. Meredith chairs the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ (AIAA) LegalAspects Committee. She is a member of the Commercial Space Transportation AdvisoryCommittee (COMSTAC), Risk Management Working Group. She is also a member of theCosmos Club of Washington, D.C.Select PublicationsTextbook:SPACE LAW: A CASE STUDY FOR THE PRACTITIONER: Implementing a TelecommunicationsSatellite Business Concept (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1992) (384 pages, co-authored:Pamela L. Meredith & George S. Robinson).Articles:American Journal of International Law, 1984, “The Legality of a High Technology MissileDefense System: The ABM and the Outer Space Treaties;” National Legal Center for thePublic Interest, 1986, “Domestic Commercialization of Space: The Current PoliticalAtmosphere” (co-authored); Nordic Journal of International Law, 1986, “The Legality ofLaunch Vehicle Passage Through Foreign Airspace;” Proceedings of the XXXII Colloquium onthe Law of Outer Space, 1989, “A Comparative Analysis of United States Domestic LicensingRegimes for Private Commercial Space Activities;” Journal of Space Law, 1989, “Status of the'Patents in Space' Legislation in Congress;” Proceedings of the XXXIII Colloquium on the Lawof Outer Space, 1990, “Implementing a Telecommunications Satellite Business Concept:Overview and Relative Timing of Legal Actions;” California Western Law Review, 1990,“Privately-Owned Commercial Telecommunications Satellites: Licensing and Regulation bythe Federal Communications Commission” (with Franceska Schroeder); The AmericanUniversity Journal of International Law and Policy, 1991, “Legal Implementation of SpaceDebris Mitigation Measures;” Proceedings of the XXXIV Colloquium on the Law of OuterSpace, 1991, “Risk Allocation Provisions in Commercial Launch Contracts;” The Air andSpace Lawyer, 1992, “Implementing a Telecommunications Satellite Business Concept: TheNecessary Legal Steps;” Proceedings of the XXXV Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space,1992, “Spacecraft Motion Management (SMM): Institutional and Legal Frameworks;”Cambridge University Press, 1994, “A Legal Regime for Orbital Debris: Elements of aMultilateral Treaty;” Proceedings of the XXXVII Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, 1994,“Damage Caused by Orbital Debris to a Commercial Satellite: Liability Issues Raised by aHypothetical Case Scenario;” Satellite Finance, 1998, “Financing a Communications SatelliteVenture: Assessing the Regulatory Risk” (with Rachel B. Trinder); Journal of Space Law,1999, “Space Technology Exports: The Current Political Climate” (with Sean P. Fleming);The Air & Space Lawyer, 2008, “Space Insurance Law – With a Special Focus on SatelliteLaunch and In-Orbit Policies.”- 2 -