Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, a full-service national law firm, is pleased to announce that James C. Falvey and Allen Bachman have joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as Members.
“The addition of Jim Falvey and Allen Bachman is another significant step forward for Eckert Seamans’ Washington office, our Firm and our clients,” said Edward J. Longosz, II, Member-in-Charge of the firm’s Washington office. “These attorneys bring the experience and relationships that complement and broaden our legal team as we deliver the highest quality legal counsel on the most complex and critical issues facing clients today.”
Jim Falvey focuses his practice on telecommunications and other utility matters. Prior to joining the firm, he served as Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Senior Counsel for Pac-West Telecomm, Inc., where he managed regulatory and legislative matters and successfully addressed a wide variety of regulatory challenges at the federal, state, and local level. Over the past fifteen years, Jim also served in various in-house regulatory counsel and senior leadership roles with CoreTel Communications, Time Warner Telecom, Xspedius Communications, and e.spire Communications. Prior to that time, Jim spent six years in private practice in Washington, D.C. and two years as a legislative assistant to Senator Harry Reid. He earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Cornell University.
Allen Bachman regularly advises clients on a wide range of antitrust, competition, and consumer protection issues, and has extensive experience representing clients in complex commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings. He provides counsel on all aspects of antitrust, competition and consumer protection law. Allen regularly represents clients in Hart-Scott-Rodino merger clearance matters before the Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade commission. He provides antitrust and consumer protection counseling on a wide range of issues, including internal audits and price fixing inquiries, marketing and sales practices, licensing and settlement agreements. Allen also represents clients in complex commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings including antitrust, securities class actions, breach of contract and other general commercial litigation matters. Prior to practicing law, he served as an economic analyst for the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. Allen earned both his J.D. and undergraduate degrees from the College of William and Mary.
