Robert J. Munnelly, Jr.

Mr. Munnelly, a partner in the firm's Regulatory and Real Estate Department, has extensive experience with legal, regulatory and local taxation issues faced by cable television, telecommunications and energy companies in New England. In the expanding area of information security and privacy, Mr. Munnelly advises and works with companies to develop written plans, improve security related policies, support compliance training and respond to potential security breaches. He has also worked with companies in other regulated industries and in appellate practice in state and federal courts.

Beginning his career at a large Boston law firm, Mr. Munnelly concentrated his practice on administrative law and commercial litigation. As Assistant Attorney General in the Administrative Law Division of the Government Bureau of the Massachusetts Office of Attorney General, he represented state agencies in trial court actions and appeals and co-chaired the Business Regulation and Tax Practice group. Mr. Munnelly then became the Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs for the New England Cable and Telecommunications Association where he served as strategist and counsel in all six New England states. At Murtha Cullina, Mr. Munnelly has represented energy companies in retail licensing, market design, development of conventional and renewable energy projects and power purchase agreements, and industry restructuring proceedings in all five restructured states in New England.

Mr. Munnelly is currently Chair of the Administrative and State Appeals Practice Group, Co-Chair of the Communications Practice Group, and Chair of the Information Security and Privacy Practice Group. He is a frequent panelist at Federal Communications Bar Association seminars, Massachusetts Bar Association seminars on litigating administrative agency proceedings, cable television conferences and other communications, information security, and energy events.

• Administrative Appeals
• Energy
• Privacy and Cybersecurity
• Utilities

• Federal Communications Bar Association - New England Co-Chair
• Boston Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association
  - Energy Law Committee
  - Public Law Committee
• Panelist, "How Cases are Best Tried and Adjudicated in Administrative Tribunals," Massachusetts Bar Association, 2007 , 2008, 2009

• Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, New England Cable Television Association, Braintree, Mass., 1996-2001
• Assistant Attorney General, Government Bureau, Office of the Attorney General, Boston, Mass., 1993-1996

• Seminar: The Data Revolution
• Robert J. Munnelly, Jr. to moderate a review of privacy issues in the age of social media

• March 23, 2015 - Non-Neutral Thoughts About the FCC's Recent "Open Internet" Order
• March 5, 2015 - Key Questions Concerning New FCC "Net Neutrality" Order
• August 2014 - Information Security and Privacy Group News
• DID YOU KNOW? January 28, 2014 is "Data Privacy Day"
• Proceed with Caution: Security Breaches put Damper on 2013/14 Holiday Season
• HR Professionals: Simple Steps That Can Help Your Company Avoid Becoming A Data Breach Headline
• Connecticut Attorney General Seeks Enforcement Against Citibank for Information Security Breach
• Key Lessons From Serving on a Cybersecurity Panel at a Recent Conference
• Energy Group News - August 2013
• Concerns With Using "Cloud" Document Sites for Confidential or Proprietary Information
• Murtha Cullina's Communications Law Practice Group Prevails
• Vendors and Your Employees' Personal Information - New Identity Theft Measures Take Effect March 1, 2012
• CABLE TELEVISION LAW AND REGULATION - 2006 CONNECTICUT REPORT

• October 6, 2014 - Article by Robert J. Munnelly, Jr. in the Hartford Business Journal
• ‘Connecticut Firms Look To Boston For Lessons Coping With Crisis’
• Importance of Law-Based Errors in Appeals of Agency Decisions

• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
• Connecticut
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

• Cornell University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1989)
• Tufts University (B.A., cum laude, 1984)