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 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  FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  March  26,  2003  Audrey  Spivack  202-  418-  0512 
 FCC  GENERAL  COUNSEL  JOHN  ROGOVIN  ANNOUNCES  CHANGES  IN  THE  OFFICE  OF  GENERAL  COUNSEL 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  FCC  General  Counsel  John  Rogovin  announced  staff  changes  in  the  Office  of  General  Counsel’s  front  office. 
 He  has  named  Linda  Kinney  as  Acting  Deputy  General  Counsel  of  the  FCC.  Ms.  Kinney  currently  serves  as  Associate  General  Counsel.  Ms.  Kinney  joined  the  FCC  in  October 
 1994.  She  has  held  a  variety  of  management  positions  at  the  Commission,  including  serving  as  Assistant  Bureau  Chief  in  the  former  Common  Carrier  Bureau.  Prior  to 
 joining  the  FCC,  she  worked  in  private  practice.  Ms.  Kinney  received  an  A.  B.  from  Vassar  College  and  a  J.  D.  from  the  University  of  Virginia  School  of  Law. 


 He  also  has  named  John  Stanley  as  Assistant  General  Counsel.  Mr.  Stanley  will  focus  on  wireline  competition  issues.  Mr.  Stanley  joined  the  FCC  in  May  1999  and  currently 
 serves  as  Assistant  Chief  of  the  Competition  Policy  Division  in  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau.  Before  joining  the  FCC,  Mr.  Stanley  worked  in  private  practice  at  Wiley,  Rein 
 &  Fielding.  Mr.  Stanley  received  an  A.  B.  from  Harvard  University,  and  a  J.  D.  from  the  University  of  Michigan  Law  School. 


 Mr.  Rogovin  also  announced  other  staff  changes  in  the  Office  of  General  Counsel’s  Administrative  Law  Division.  Jeff  Dygert  has  been  named  Deputy  Associate  General 
 Counsel,  and  Marilyn  Sonn  and  David  Horowitz  have  each  been  named  Assistant  General  Counsel. 


 Mr.  Dygert  moved  to  the  FCC  in  October  1996.  He  has  worked  previously  in  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  the  Enforcement  Bureau  and  the  Office  of  General 
 Counsel;  he  is  currently  a  Deputy  Division  Chief  in  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau.  Before  joining  the  FCC,  he  worked  in  private  practice  doing  commercial  litigation.  Mr. 
 Dygert  received  his  B.  A.  and  J.  D.  from  the  University  of  Virginia.  He  will  have  general  oversight  responsibility  for  the  OGC  agenda  review  process. 


 Ms.  Sonn  joined  the  FCC's  Office  of  General  Counsel  in  August  1997.  Before  joining  the  FCC,  she  was  a  partner  in  the  communications  practice  group  of  Arent,  Fox,  Kintner, 
 Plotkin  &  Kahn.  Ms.  Sonn  received  a  B.  A.  from  the  University  of  Michigan  and  a  J.  D.  from  the  National  Law  Center  of  The  George  Washington  University,  where  she  served 
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 as  Notes  Editor  of  the  Law  Review.  She  will  have  oversight  responsibility  for  agenda  items  from  the  FCC’s  Media  Bureau. 
 Mr.  Horowitz  joined  the  FCC  in  August  1988  and  currently  serves  as  an  attorney-  advisor  in  the  Office  of  General  Counsel.  He  has  held  a  variety  of  management  positions  at  the 
 Commission,  including  serving  as  a  Division  Chief  in  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau.  Before  joining  the  FCC,  Mr.  Horowitz  worked  in  private  practice.  He  began  his 
 legal  career  clerking  for  Judge  Philip  Nichols,  Jr.,  of  the  United  States  Court  of  Appeals  for  the  Federal  Circuit.  Mr.  Horowitz  received  an  A.  B.  and  an  A.  M.  from  the  University 
 of  Chicago  and  a  J.  D.  from  the  University  of  Michigan  Law  School.  He  will  have  oversight  responsibility  for  agenda  items  from  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  and 
 International  Bureaus. 


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 News  about  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  can  also  be  found  on  the  Commission’s  web  site  www.  fcc.  gov. 
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