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 NEWS  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.  Circ  1974).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 WILLIAM  D.  FREEDMAN  NAMED  DEPUTY  CHIEF  OF  FCC  ENFORCEMENT  BUREAU’S 
 INVESTIGATIONS  AND  HEARINGS  DIVISION 


 Washington,  D.  C.  ---  William  D.  Freedman  has  been  named  Deputy  Chief  of  the  FCC  Enforcement  Bureau’s  Investigations  and  Hearings  Division. 
 Before  coming  to  the  Commission  to  serve  in  this  position,  Mr.  Freedman  was  a  partner  at  Morrison  &  Foerster,  LLP,  practicing  in  the  area  of  telecommunications. 
 He  brings  to  the  FCC  25  years  of  experience  in  communications  law,  both  as  an  attorney  with  the  Commission  and  in  private  practice.  Mr.  Freedman,  a  former 
 broadcaster,  began  his  career  at  the  FCC,  where  he  served  as  an  attorney  with  the  Broadcast  Bureau’s  Facilities  Division  and  Hearing  Division,  and,  subsequently,  with 
 the  Office  of  General  Counsel.  During  his  over  20  years  in  private  practice,  he  represented  a  broad  range  of  broadcast,  cable,  wireless  cable,  wireless,  common 
 carrier,  Internet  and  other  communications  clients  before  the  Commission  in  licensing,  hearing  and  policy  matters,  in  business  transactions  and  public  offerings, 
 and  before  the  courts  and  various  state  public  utility  commissions.  He  also  served  for  over  six  years  as  a  member  of  the  Cable  Communications  Advisory  Committee  of 
 Montgomery  County,  Maryland. 
 Mr.  Freedman  received  a  B.  S.  in  Business  Administration  from  Boston  University  and  a  J.  D.  from  the  College  of  Law  of  the  University  of  Cincinnati. 


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 Announcement  by  the  FCC  Enforcement  Bureau,  News  Media  contact  John  R.  Winston  at  202-  418-  7450. 


 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  February  24,  2003  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  John  Winston  (202)  418-  7450 
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