J. Jeffrey Mayhook, Member
Phone: 360-263-4340
Fax: 360-263-4343
Cell: 360-609-3769
E-mail: jeffrey@mayhooklaw.com
Practice Emphasis
Telecommunications Law, Corporate Governance, Business Transactions, Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation and Appellate Practice
Practice Experience
Jeffrey's career spans over 20 years advising clients in a broad range of transactional, regulatory, and litigation matters. His current practice focuses on developing deal structures for telecommunications providers contemplating "triple-play" services, public-private partnerships, fiber-to-the-home networks, and the sale or acquisition of under-utilized fiber networks.
Prior to launching Mayhook Law, PLLC, in September, 2001, he served as Secretary and Vice President, Chief Corporate Counsel, of PreNet Corporation (now PreCash), a Portland-based, pre-IPO startup in the electronic payment transaction industry, where, as part of the senior management team, he directed the company's legal affairs in the areas of venture financing, corporate governance, intellectual property, and securing major agreements with wireless carriers, national retailers, and payment processors.
From 1996 to 2000, Jeffrey served as Vice President, Legal and Regulatory Affairs, and then as Secretary and Corporate Counsel, at GST Telecommunications, Inc., a publicly-traded competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), where he was directly involved in the regulatory and transactional issues relating to the rollout of virtually every area of competitive telecommunications, including, especially, local, long distance, data, and long-haul transport services.
Moreover, given his role as a member of the senior management team, Jeffrey's responsibilities extended to formulating and implementing GST's strategic and long-range initiatives, as well as to managing and directing GST's extensive internal and external legal services--which included federal and state regulatory filings and proceedings; the gamut of transactional matters involving myriad carriers, vendors, local governments, contractors, and customers; corporate governance; securities compliance; public disclosure guidance; stock option matters; mergers and acquisitions; debt and equity financing issues; anti-trust litigation; interconnection; construction claims; and employment matters. Other activities included presenting the company's business development goals to foreign officials and executives in Latin America and Asia.
A graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law, Jeffrey also spent 14 years engaged in private law practice in Anchorage, Alaska, where he focused primarily on corporations, public utilities, and litigation and appellate matters.
Bar Memberships
Alaska, 1982
Washington, 2000
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