Pamela L. Meredith advises clients on commercial space project planning and implementation, risk management, contract negotiation, and dispute resolution.  She has written numerous articles and a textbook on these topics and is a frequent speaker at satellite communications and space law conferences in the U.S. and internationally. 

Ms. Meredith is also an Adjunct Professor of Satellite Communications and Space Law at American University's law school in Washington, D.C. – a course she started in 1989. 

Contracts.  As part of her law practice, Ms. Meredith drafts and negotiates commercial and government space contracts, including launch contracts, satellite manufacturing contracts, transponder lease agreements, and contracts for supply of spacecraft components and launch vehicle subsystems.  She represents both U.S. and foreign companies.  She also represents a foreign government.

Insurance.  Ms. Meredith advises clients on space project risk management and insurance and assists in coverage disputes and insurance defense.  Ms. Meredith also has testified as an expert witness for insurers in commercial space contract litigation.

U.S. Government Consultation and Contracts.  Ms. Meredith assists clients in consultations with the U.S. government, including the Congress, Department of State, Department of Defense, and NASA on space-related legislation and policy.  Ms. Meredith also advises clients on U.S. government contracts and bilateral space cooperation agreements.

Export.  Ms. Meredith advises on U.S. government export licensing and regulatory matters.  She helps secure licenses and authorizations from the U.S. State Department, including DSP-5 licenses, approvals for Technical Assistance Agreements and Manufacturing Licensing Agreements, and retransfer approvals.

FAA Licensing.  Ms. Meredith assists companies in obtaining launch licenses from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and advises on FAA regulatory issues, including rulemakings and compliance.  She also monitors Congressional legislative developments that may impact FAA launch licensing and regulation and has testified before the House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee on space transportation legislation and liability issues.

FCC Licensing.  Ms. Meredith assists in obtaining licenses and approvals for communications satellites before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).  She has assisted or advised on some aspect of most of the FCC rulemaking proceedings for communications satellites in the 1980s and 1990s, including fixed satellite service (C-, Ku-, Ka- and V-bands) and mobile satellite service (geostationary, “Big LEO” and “Little LEO”).  She has also testified as an expert witness in litigation concerning the interpretation of FCC regulations.

Bar Memberships and Professional Activities.  Ms. Meredith is a Member of the District of Columbia and New York bars.  She chairs the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ (AIAA) Legal Aspects Committee.

Space Law:  A Case Study For The Practitioner:  Implementing a Telecommunications Satellite Business Concept (Martinus Nijhoff, 1992) (384 pages, co-authored:  P.L. Meredith & G.S. Robinson).

American Journal of International Law, 1984, “The Legality of a High Technology Missile Defense System:  The ABM and the Outer Space Treaties;”  National Legal Center for the Public Interest, 1986, “Domestic Commercialization of Space:  The Current Political Atmosphere” (co-authored);  Nordic Journal of International Law, 1986, “The Legality of Launch Vehicle Passage Through Foreign Airspace;”  Proceedings of the XXXII Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, 1989, “A Comparative Analysis of United States Domestic Licensing Regimes for Private Commercial Space Activities;”  Journal of Space Law, 1989, “Status of the 'Patents in Space' Legislation in Congress;”  Proceedings of the XXXIII Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, 1990, “Implementing a Telecommunications Satellite Business Concept:  Overview and Relative Timing of Legal Actions;”  California Western Law Review, 1990, “Privately-Owned Commercial Telecommunications Satellites:  Licensing and Regulation by the Federal Communications Commission;”  The American University Journal of International Law and Policy, 1991, “Legal Implementation of Space Debris Mitigation Measures;”  Proceedings of the XXXIV Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, 1991, “Risk Allocation Provisions in Commercial Launch Contracts;”  The Air and Space Lawyer, 1992, “Implementing a Telecommunications Satellite Business Concept:  The Necessary Legal Steps;”  Proceedings of the XXXV Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, 1992, “Spacecraft Motion Management (SMM):  Institutional and Legal Frameworks;”  Cambridge University Press, 1994, “A Legal Regime for Orbital Debris:  Elements of a Multilateral Treaty;”  Proceedings of the XXXVII Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, 1994, “Damage Caused by Orbital Debris to a Commercial Satellite:  Liability Issues Raised by a Hypothetical Case Scenario;”  Satellite Finance, 1998, “Financing a Communications Satellite Venture:  Assessing the Regulatory Risk” (with Rachel B. Trinder);  Journal of Space Law, 1999, “Space Technology Exports:  The Current Political Climate” (with Sean P. Fleming).