*Pages 1--1 from Microsoft Word - 10250.doc* NEWS News media Information 202 / 418- 0500 TTY 202 / 418- 2555 Fax- On- Demand 202 / 418- 2830 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th Street, S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D. C. Cir. 1974). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: July 16, 2001 Mike Balmoris at (202) 418- 0253 Email: mbalmori@ fcc. gov CHRISTOPHER LIBERTELLI APPOINTED LEGAL COUNSEL TO THE COMMON CARRIER BUREAU CHIEF Washington, D. C. – Christopher Libertelli has been appointed Legal Counsel to the Common Carrier Bureau Chief, Dorothy Attwood, of the Federal Communications Commission. Mr. Libertelli will advise the Bureau Chief on local competition, broadband deployment and merger compliance- related issues. Since April 1999, Mr. Libertelli has worked in the Policy Division of the Common Carrier Bureau. His primary responsibilities included evaluating the Commission’s unbundled network elements rules and addressing the Commission’s treatment of advanced services in both the rulemaking and Section 271 review process. Before joining the Commission in 1999, Mr. Libertelli served as an associate in the communications law firm of Dow, Lohnes & Albertson in Washington, D. C. Mr. Libertelli received a B. A. in International Relations from Boston University in 1991. He graduated from the Boston University School of Law in 1995 where he was the Bowler Communications Law Fellow. -FCC- 1