Casey Lide

Casey Lide: Attorney with Keller and Heckman LLP

Biography

Casey Lide represents clients on a broad range of communications matters, including telecommunications, broadband Internet access service, wireless communications, right-of-way management, pole and conduit attachments, and barriers to community broadband initiatives.

Casey frequently counsels public- and private-sector clients on strategic negotiations and transactional matters, including fiber optic and conduit IRUs and leases, master network development agreements, public-private partnerships, easements, public right-of-way license agreements, attachment agreements, ISP service agreements, collocation agreements, fiber and conduit construction agreements and others.

Casey often is part of M&A teams involving broadband infrastructure companies, providing knowledgeable advice on regulatory due diligence and assistance with transfer of assets, vendor agreement and customer agreements. He also helps clients identify and comply with Federal and state regulatory obligations and market-entry requirements, as well as terms and conditions of federal grants, loans, and other funding opportunities.

Casey is frequently invited to speak on broadband and telecommunications issues at major conferences throughout the United States.

Insights & In the News

Communications and Technology Alert: Section 706 Report; NG911 Interoperability and DVC F...

08.17.2026
Publication

Communications and Technology Alert: FCC Commissioner Nomination; USF Comprehensive Revie...

08.10.2026
Publication

Communications and Technology Alert: Power Inverters, ARDs Added to Covered List; August ...

08.03.2026
Publication

Casey Lide Quoted in Communications Daily Article on the BEAD Program and the Future of D...

In The News
08.13.2026

Events

Partners Casey Lide and Sean Stokes to Present at Broadband Communities Summit 2026

Speaking Engagement

08.25.2026
08.27.2026

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Areas of Practice (3)

  • Telecommunications
  • Digital Media, Technology, and Telecommunications
  • Energy, Infrastructure, and Transportation

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Ohio University, B.S.J., 1994
Law School Attended:
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, J.D., 1997
Year of First Admission:
1999
Admission:
2001, District of Columbia
Memberships:

Memberships

•Board of Advisors for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Legal Center
•Society for Human Resources (SHRM) Special Expertise Panel for Occupational Safety and Health
•Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Mentor Program for Hampton Roads (Co-Chair from 1996 to 1997)
•Board of Directors and General Counsel for the Northern Virginia Society for Human Resource Management (2002-2007)
•American Bar Association (ABA)

Birth Information:
July 17, 1972
Reported Cases:
Representative Matters: Advised a Midwest U.S. wholesale and enterprise fiber provider in negotiations involving significant fiber optic and conduit IRUs spanning eight states; Successfully negotiated and drafted contracts for a landmark fiber development partnership involving a fiber overbuilder and a medium-sized city; Assisted a southeastern U.S. electric cooperative with various compliance matters involving its fiber broadband service, including complex questions relating to the federal universal service program; Developed small cell wireless siting ordinances and related agreements for multiple local governments nationwide; Advised a fiber broadband service provider as to federal and multi-state compliance issues relating to its acquisition of an existing competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC); Prepared a new telecommunications franchising ordinance for a large southern U.S. city and advised the city during negotiations with various service providers
ISLN:
917085176

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