17 Feb 2026
Geoffrey Starks Joins Latham & Watkins as Partner in Connectivity, Privacy & Information Practice
"Geoffrey Starks joins Latham & Watkins in Washington, D.C. as partner in the Connectivity, Privacy & Information Practice, focusing on communications regulation, broadband, spectrum, privacy and enforcement matters."
Starks served as a Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2019 to 2025, having been unanimously confirmed twice by the US Senate. During his tenure at the FCC, he oversaw matters across telecommunications, broadband deployment and subsidy programs, spectrum allocation and policy, wireless and satellite licensing, privacy and data security, and artificial intelligence, and worked with senior FCC leaders, legislators, Executive Branch agencies, and industry participants. He joins Latham & Watkins as a partner from his role at the FCC, where he held the senior position of Commissioner.
Prior to his appointment as FCC Commissioner, Starks was Assistant Chief of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, overseeing key enforcement matters. He previously served as Senior Counsel to the US Deputy Attorney General at the US Department of Justice, where he received the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service. Starks received his JD from Yale Law School and his BA, magna cum laude, from Harvard University, and clerked for Judge Duane Benton of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.