Francisco "Frank" Montero is a Managing Partner with the law firm of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, specializing in telecommunications, broadcasting, media and technology. Mr. Montero’s practice includes FCC regulatory counseling, corporate finance, asset and securities acquisitions, intellectual property, and real estate and commercial transactions.

Mr. Montero was an appointed member of the Federal Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age. He served as Director of the FCC's Office of Communications Business Opportunities during the Clinton Administration.

Frank has been named to the list of “Top Washington DC Lawyers” by Super Lawyers.com and has been inducted to the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council’s Hall of Fame. He has been recognized by Multichannel News to be among the top Cable TV transactional attorneys. Frank also serves on the Advisory Boards for Bloomberg BNA Now: Tech and Telecom and the Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference.

Mr. Montero studied law at the George Washington University Law School, where he served on the George Washington University Law Review. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan. He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, New York, and Virginia. He is a former Co-Chair of the Federal Communications Bar Association’s Transactional Practice and Professional Responsibility Committees. Frank is a frequent speaker at telecommunications and media industry conferences and writes on communications law, finance, commercial transactions and intellectual property for publications such as Radio and TV Business Report, Bloomberg BNA Telecom Law Reports and Radio Ink. Mr. Montero is fluent in Spanish.

Specialties: Broadcasting, telecommunications, mergers and acquisitions, financing, FCC regulations, Spanish language media, transactional practice.