Jonathan focuses his practice on a wide range of legal challenges facing technology and communications companies. He regularly advises industry members on regulatory, legislative, and transactional matters. Jonathan has experience representing wireless, broadband, media, and cable industry clients in complex regulatory proceedings and investigations before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In addition, he counsels companies in a variety of industries, such as telecommunications, health care, and public utilities, on Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and robocalling/texting compliance issues.
Jonathan is also involved in the firm’s Communications Infrastructure Litigation Practice. Representing clients before federal and state courts on matters involving both wireless and wireline facilities deployment.
Jonathan brings FCC experience and insight to his engagements with the firm’s clients. He began his legal career in the FCC Attorney Honors Program as an Attorney-Advisor in the Enforcement Bureau’s Spectrum Enforcement Division, where he investigated and resolved rules violations and complaints.
Jonathan was also detailed to the FCC Office of the Enforcement Bureau Chief, where as Acting Legal Advisor, he provided legal and procedural advice to Bureau management, guided Enforcement Bureau actions through FCC processes, and served as a liaison to the offices of the Chairman and Commissioners.
During law school, Jonathan served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Stephanie M. Rose of the Southern District of Iowa. In addition, he was a law clerk on the United States Senate’s Committee on the Judiciary and worked as a student attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
Jonathan has been active in the firm’s pro bono practice representing juveniles in immigration matters.
viewpoints
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — October 2024
October 31, 2024 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin, Joshua Briones, Esteban Morales, Nadia Zivkov
Read about FCC compliance rules concerning consumer requests to revoke consent for calls and texts under the TCPA, FCC Enforcement Bureau actions aimed at stopping the transmission of illegal robocall traffic over gateway provider Identidad Advertising Development LLC’s network, and a pending Supreme Court case that raises the issue of whether the Hobbs Act required a district court to accept the FCC’s interpretation of the TCPA as it pertains to faxes received by email.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — FCC Sets Effective Date for Calling and Texting Consent Rules, Takes Action to Stop Illegal Robocalling Campaign
October 30, 2024 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about FCC compliance rules concerning consumer requests to revoke consent for calls and texts under the TCPA and FCC Enforcement Bureau actions aimed at stopping the transmission of illegal robocall traffic over gateway provider Identidad Advertising Development LLC’s network.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — September 2024
September 30, 2024 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin, Joshua Briones, Esteban Morales, Grecia A. Rivas
Read about an FCC Report and Order commissioners will vote on individually that encompasses two other pending orders related to call-blocking, text-message blocking, and making e-mail-to-text an opt-in service. This month’s newsletter also covers a Florida federal court’s dismissal of a TCPA class action involving a text message and multiple calls stemming from the plaintiff’s disclosure of her phone number during a store survey.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — Federal Communications Commission to Consider New Call and Text Blocking Rules, Expand Other Requirements
September 30, 2024 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about an FCC Report and Order commissioners will vote on individually that encompasses two other pending orders related to call-blocking, text-message blocking, and making e-mail-to-text an opt-in service. As drafted, the order declines to impose several call and text blocking requirements.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — August 2024
August 27, 2024 | Article | By Russell Fox, Joshua Briones, Jonathan P. Garvin, Esteban Morales
Read about the FCC’s adoption of a Notice of Apparent Liability against voice service provider Lingo Telecom, its proposed rulemaking focused on AI-generated robocalls and robotexts, and its Notice of Inquiry seeking comment on protecting privacy in connection with calls made using AI technologies, plus a Texas federal court decision that provides guidance on when a call or text message qualifies as telemarketing and requires heightened consent.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — FCC Resolves Investigation of Lingo Telecom, Finalizes Proposed Rulemaking on AI in Robocalling
August 27, 2024 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about the FCC’s adoption of a Notice of Apparent Liability against voice service provider Lingo Telecom, a proposed FCC rulemaking focused on AI-generated robocalls and robotexts, and its Notice of Inquiry seeking comment on protecting privacy in connection with calls made using AI technologies.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — July 2024
July 29, 2024 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin, Joshua Briones, Esteban Morales, Sofia Nuño
Read about the FCC’s Initial Determination Order against a provider facilitating illegal tax robocalls and draft Notices of Proposed Rulemaking related to Robocall Mitigation Database procedures and AI-related issues in robocalling, plus a New York federal court’s decision in Cacho v. McCarthy & Kelly, which provides valuable insights into TCPA compliance and defense strategies post-Chevron.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — FCC Acts Against Provider Facilitating Tax Robocalls and Initiates Proceedings on Robocall Mitigation Database & AI in Robocalling
July 29, 2024 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about the FCC’s Initial Determination Order against Veriwave Telco, a provider facilitating illegal tax robocalls, and draft Notices of Proposed Rulemaking related to Robocall Mitigation Database procedures and AI-related issues in robocalling that will be considered at its August Open Meeting.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — FCC Announces Meeting of the North American Numbering Council
June 28, 2024 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin
Read about a North American Numbering Council meeting scheduled for December, at which the council will consider imposing new obligations on interconnected VoIP providers that obtain direct access to numbers and on resellers of numbers.
Telephone and Texting Compliance News — June 2024
June 28, 2024 | Article | By Russell Fox, Jonathan P. Garvin, Joshua Briones, Esteban Morales, Nadia Zivkov
Read about a North American Number Council meeting that will focus on possible new obligations for interconnected VoIP providers that obtain direct access to numbers and resellers of numbers, a Maryland federal court’s decision that a defendant in a TCPA case had not obtained prior express written consent via phone to make certain telemarketing calls, and a Fourth Circuit opinion on fax advertisements under the TCPA.
News & Press
Mintz Secures Summary Judgment for Client Horizon Tower
October 15, 2024
A team of Mintz attorneys won a motion for summary judgment for client Horizon Tower in its case against Park County, Wyoming.
Involvement
- Member, Federal Communications Bar Association