The Baller Herbst Law Group

Adrian E. Herbst is a principal with the Washington, D.C. based firm The Baller Herbst Law Group, P.C., in charge of its Minneapolis, Minnesota office. He has over 25 years of experience in municipal and governmental work, with an emphasis on cable television franchising and regulation. Adrian has been extensively involved in representing local governments throughout the country on franchise renewals, governmental ownership alternatives, franchise compliance audits, and rate regulation issues. He has also been extensively involved in the development of ordinances to assist local governments in telecommunications regulation and development of fiber optic networks. Adrian was a City Councilmember for the City of Bloomington, Minnesota and its City Attorney. He has served as a past President of the Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association and as Vice President of the League of Minnesota Cities. Adrian is a charter member of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) and is also a member of the Alliance for Community Media, as well as various other legal organizations including the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA), the Federal Communications Bar Association, and the Telecommunications Committee of the Minnesota State Bar Association.

Adrian's cable television and telecommunications services to clients include the following:

Initial franchising
Refranchising/renewals
Franchise administration and enforcement
Transfer or sale of ownership
Feasibility studies of construction of municipal fiber optic networks
Municipal ownership
Performance audit
Technical review
Financial audits
Franchise fee audit
Rate regulation
Litigation
Negotiation
Ordinance drafting
Non-profit access corporations
Public, educational and governmental operations
Institutional network, voice, video, and data systems operations
Programming agreements
Community needs assessment
Customer service standards
Municipal rights-of-way issues
Telecommunications planning