Partner
dteslik@graymillerpersh.com
(202) 559-7489
BIOGRAPHY
Derek Teslik joined Gray Miller Persh LLP in 2018 and was named a partner in 2021. For more than 15 years, Derek has represented communications and media clients before federal, state, and local regulators with a focus on the regulatory treatment of new and emerging technologies, counseling clients regarding mergers and acquisitions in the communications and media space, and negotiating content, shared services, and other commercial agreements for media clients.
He has worked closely with broadcasters and small and large cable operators on broadcast signal carriage negotiations and disputes, assisted broadcast groups and investors with the purchase and sale of radio and television properties, and represented broadcasters, cable operators, and telecommunications carriers before the FCC on policy and licensing matters.
While in law school, Derek worked in both the Video and Audio Divisions of the Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau. Prior to law school, he worked in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.
EDUCATION
Washington University School of Law, J.D., 2007
Washington University, B.A., Special Major in Multimedia Communication, 2000
BAR ADMISSIONS
District of Columbia
New York
MEMBERSHIPS
Federal Communications Bar Association
