Ken Fellman Biography
Ken Fellman is a partner in the Denver law firm of Kissinger & Fellman, P.C. His practice emphasizes local government representation, particularly telecommunications law. Ken has represented numerous local governments in Colorado and nationally in connection with cable television franchising, transfers, renewals, and enforcement actions. He works with local governments in development of telecommunications policy documents, rights of way management, tower and antenna siting, litigation in all courts and at the Federal Communications Commission, and other related telecommunications and land use issues. He has also worked with governments, private property owners, homeowner associations and Indian tribes on telecommunications infrastructure issues. Ken is general counsel for the Greater Metro Telecommunications Consortium, an agency comprised of 29 cities and counties in metro Denver.
In November 2003, Ken was re-elected to his second term as the Mayor of Arvada, Colorado. Prior to his election as Mayor, he served two terms as an at large member of the Arvada City Council. Appointed by then Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt to the FCC’s Local and State Government Advisory Committee, he served as chair from 1997 until the FCC disbanded the Committee in 2003. In 2004, Ken was appointed to serve on the Executive Committee of SAFECOM – an advisory committee to the U. S. Department of Homeland Security comprised of local, state and tribal officials, to help improve public safety response through more effective and efficient interoperable wireless communications. In addition, Ken presently serves as Chair of the Colorado Municipal League’s Telecommunications Committee and is a Past Chair of the League’s Attorney’s Section. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Interdisciplinary Telecommunication Program of the University of Colorado. Ken is a member of the National League of Cities’ Information, Technology and Communications Steering Committee, and is a past President of Rocky NATOA, the Colorado chapter of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors. Ken was honored to be chosen as NATOA’s 1998 Member of the Year.
Ken Fellman has made numerous presentations at state, regional and national telecommunications and local government workshops. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978 from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and his law degree in 1981 from the University of Denver College of Law.
Ken can be contacted at (303) 320-6100; facsimile: (303) 320‑6613; e-mail: kfellman@kandf.com. The firm’s website is www.kandf.com.