*Pages 1--1 from Microsoft Word - 19882.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, 2002 David Fiske (202) 418- 0513 Email: dfiske@ fcc. gov CHRISTOPHER LIBERTELLI APPOINTED LEGAL ADVISOR TO FCC CHAIRMAN MICHAEL POWELL Washington, D. C. – Christopher Libertelli has been appointed Legal Advisor to FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell. Mr. Libertelli will advise the Chairman on wireline competition- related matters. Since February, 2002, Mr. Libertelli has served as Special Counsel for Competition Policy in the Office of the Bureau Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau. Before that, he served as legal counsel to the Bureau Chief and also worked as an attorney- advisor in the Policy Division of the Common Carrier Bureau, the predecessor to the Wireline Competition Bureau. His primary responsibilities included evaluating the Commission’s unbundled network elements rules and addressing the Commission’s treatment of broadband services. 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 and Case and Note editor of the Boston University Journal of Science and Technology Law. He lives in Washington, DC. -FCC- 1