Senior Vice President & General Counsel
 CTIA

 As CTIA's General Counsel, Mike Altschul is responsible for the Associations legal advocacy, CTIA's compliance with antitrust and other applicable laws, and he is an active participant in the development of the Association's public policy positions. Altschul joined CTIA in 1990 after serving with the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice. 

Prior to that, he began his legal career as an attorney specializing in antitrust litigation with Simpson Thacher Bartlett in New York City.  During his ten year stint at the Justice Department, Altschul worked exclusively on communications matters, including the Modification of Final Judgment and the GTE decree, as well as related FCC filings and telecommunications industry mergers and acquisitions.

Altschul received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Colgate University, and a Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law.