Born: Wichita, Kansas, 1954.

Education: University of Missouri (B.S., cum laude, 1975); Saint Louis University (J.D., cum laude, 1979) (Lead Articles and Student Writings Editor, Saint Louis University Law Journal).

Member:  State Bar of Georgia (Member, Technology Law Section) 1990 - present; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia Court of Appeals; State Bar of Missouri, 1979 - present; Federal Communications Bar Association, Co-Chair Atlanta Chapter 2007 - present. 

Reported Cases: Public Service Telephone Co. v. Georgia Public Service Com'n, 755 F.Supp.2d 1263 (N.D. Ga. 2010; BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. MCImetro Access Transmission Services, Inc., 317 F.3d 1270 (11th Cir. 2003); Georgia Public Service Com'n v. Alltel Georgia Communications Corp., 230 Ga.App. 563, 497 S.E.2d 50 (1998); State v. Turnbough, 729 S.W.2d 37 (Mo.App. 1987); Huber v. Huber, 682 S.W.2d 493 (Mo.App. 1984); Eschelbach v. General Motors Corp., 661 S.W.2d 821 (Mo.App. 1983); Weibert v. Weibert, 632 S.W.2d 86 (Mo.App. 1982).

Practice Areas:  Mr. Woods concentrates his practice on federal and state telecommunications and cable law, regulation, litigation, transactions and advocacy, and mergers and acquisitions involving local and long distance telecommunications carriers, cable telephony providers and information service providers.  He has appeared before numerous public utility commissions throughout the United States.  Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Woods was in-house counsel for MCI, served with the consumer utility advocate in the Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs, and in private practice in St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri. For more information, please see: www.linkedin.com/pub/Kennard-woods/14/288/131