Born: Wichita, Kansas, April 4, 1954.

Education: University of Missouri (B.S., cum laude, 1975); Saint Louis University (J.D., cum laude, 1979).

Member:  State Bar of Georgia (Member, Technology Law Section) 1990; 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; Federal Communications Bar Association, Co-Chair Atlanta Chapter 2007. 

Reported Cases: 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 law, regulation, transactions and advocacy, and mergers and acquisitions involving local and long distance telecommunications carriers and information service providers.  Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Woods was in-house counsel for MCI, and in private practice in St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri.