Senior Principal: Judith A. Riley, Esq.; Founder Telecom Professionals, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Ms. Riley has a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Oklahoma, College of Law, where she ranked 36th in a class of 203, was on the College of Law's Dean's List, received an American Jurisprudence Award in Property 2, and was a member of Phi Delta Phi. She also has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma and was on the undergraduate Dean's Honor Roll. Ms. Riley was admitted to practice in Oklahoma in 1980, and is licensed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. In addition, she is licensed in the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. In 1992, prior to becoming the founder of Telecom Professionals, Inc., Ms. Riley and her husband, Steven C. Riley, a Certified Public Accountant, joined their practices together to offer their clients both legal and tax/financial expertise. Their collective knowledge and experience allowed the Steven C. Riley firm to offer its clients a wide range of tax compliance and consultation services. Among other areas, the Steven C. Riley firm focused on the telecommunications industry and its applicable taxes and assessments. Accordingly, this earlier experience led Ms. Riley to found Telecom Professionals, Inc. Today her responsibilities include providing Telecom Professionals, Inc.'s clients tax registration services and reporting on a monthly basis in every state and local jurisdiction in the United States. Under Ms. Riley's leadership, Telecom Professionals, Inc. not only supplies sales and use tax reporting, but telecommunications, excise, gross receipts, franchise, and income tax reporting as well as filing of PUC Reports, Annual Reports, and Property Reports. In addition, her firm provides regulatory consulting and tariffing services for all segments of the telecommunications industry. Earlier in her career, she was the in-house counsel, secretary/treasurer for a manufacturing company in the construction industry, where her responsibilities included contract negotiations and dispute resolution, cash management and budgeting, and she was fully in charge of the credit and accounting department. Previously, Ms. Riley was the chief counsel for an Oklahoma-based federal savings and loan association. Her areas of concentration included mortgage foreclosures, real estate and title work, commercial and residential loan modifications and workouts, commercial law, contracts, bankruptcy, financial privacy, Community Reinvestment Act, Bank Security Act, and regulatory requirements as they related to deposit banking and operations. As the legal department manager, Ms. Riley had responsibility for supervision of in-house litigation and coordination of legal services for the various divisions. She assisted in the development of policies and procedures for foreclosure tracking and established association-wide tracking systems for summons/subpoenas and bankruptcies. Additionally, Ms. Riley was a practicing attorney in the areas of corporate law, wills and probate, and construction law at the law firm of Lawrence, Ellis, Harmon and Harter, P.A. Prior to graduating from law school, she was a law clerk and legal intern to the Oklahoma County District Attorney. Home | About Us | Services | Senior Principal | Contact Us | Resources | Tax Compliance | Regulatory Compliance | New Client Packet