Chris Laughlin

Chris Laughlin leads the FCC Wireline Bureau’s robocall-related work, including STIR/SHAKEN and other call authentication requirements and oversight of the Robocall Mitigation Database. Chris also works closely with his colleagues’ on issues that intersect with the FCC’s efforts to combat robocalls and other fraud, including numbering administration, interconnection, IP transition, service classification, and CPNI issues. Prior to joining the FCC, Chris worked in the private sector advising communications and technology sector clients on regulatory compliance, enforcement, policy advocacy, litigation, and transactional matters before the FCC, FTC, NTIA, federal courts, Congress, and state public utility commissions. His areas of focus included robocalls, broadband deployment, spectrum, universal service, and privacy. Chris also served as an attorney and teaching fellow in legal clinic at Georgetown University Law Center, where he advised non-profit organizations on legal, regulatory, and policy matters concerning telecommunications, media, and technology issues before the FCC, FTC, FEC, and federal appellate courts. Chris earned his B.A. from the University of Colorado Denver, his J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School, and an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center.