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KENNETH S. FELLMAN
Ken Fellman is a partner in the Denver law firm of Kissinger & Fellman, P.C. His practice
emphasizes local government representation, particularly telecommunications, local government and utilities
law. Ken has represented local governments, non-profit organizations and governmental associations
nationwide in connection with planning, development and deployment of community broadband networks,
cable television franchising, tower and antenna siting, public safety communications issues, communications
service contracts, and gas and electric utility franchising. He also works with local governments in
connection with telecommunications tax matters, the development of communications policy, rights of way
management, infrastructure development, litigation, and administrative proceedings before the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) and Public Utilities Commissions. In his general municipal
government practice, Ken has served as a city, town and county attorney in multiple Colorado jurisdictions.
He is also an adjunct professor at the University Of Colorado College Of Law, where he teaches
Telecommunications Law and Policy.
Ken is a Past President (2009-2011) of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and
Advisors. A prior recipient of NATOA’s President’s Award (2006), and Member of the Year (1998), he was
named a Life Member of NATOA in 2011. Ken served as Mayor of Arvada, Colorado from 1999 – 2007, an
at large member of City Council from 1993–1999 and Planning Commission from 1987-1993. He received
the Pioneer Award from the Arvada Chamber of Commerce in 2011, recognizing exemplary contributions to
the community over an extended period of time. In 2004 during Arvada’s centennial celebration, Ken was
chosen as one of the 100 most influential citizens in the City’s history.
Appointed in 2011, Ken currently serves as a member of the Federal Communications Commission’s
Intergovernmental Advisory Committee. Previously, he served as chair of the FCC’s Local and State
Government Advisory Committee from 1997 until the FCC disbanded the Committee in 2003. In 2004 and
2005 he served 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. Ken has testified on
telecommunications matters before the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, and the Colorado General
Assembly. He has also served as chair of the National League of Cities Information, Technology and
Communications Steering Committee, and as a member of the U.S. Conference of Mayors Transportation
and Communications Committee.
Ken’s activities in Colorado include service as a past chair of the Metro Mayors Caucus, and past
president of the Continental Divide Bar Association and the Metro City Attorneys Association. He is
currently a member of the International Municipal Lawyers Association and an associate member of the
Colorado Municipal League. In 2007, and 2010 - 2015, Ken was named as one of Law & Politics’ Colorado
Super Lawyers, a list that represents the top 5 percent of Colorado attorneys. He was recognized in 2014 as a
Top Lawyer in Communications, Technology and Media law by 5280 Magazine.
Ken remains active in his community outside of the practice of law. He serves as chair of the
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities governing board and vice-chair of the Lutheran Medical Center
Foundation Board of Directors. He was co-chair of the Arvada Community Food Bank’s capital campaigns
in 2008-2009 and 2012; a member of the Arvada Fire Protection District Blue Ribbon Committee in 2010;
and a member of the Metro Denver Health and Wellness Commission from 2005-2010. In 2010 Ken
received a special commendation from the Colorado House of Representatives recognizing his years of
commitment to Arvada and the greater Colorado community.
Ken 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 Sturm College Of Law. He can be
contacted at (303) 320-6100; facsimile: (303) 327-8601; e-mail: kfellman@kandf.com; Twitter:
@kenfellman. Ken’s publications and public presentations can be found on the firm’s website at
www.kandf.com, under the “News and Resources” icon.