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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  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).  FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT: 
 May  20,  2003  Michael  Balmoris,  202-  418-  0253  Email:  mbalmori@  fcc.  gov 
 JOSH  SWIFT  NAMED  LEGAL  COUNSEL  TO  THE  WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU  CHIEF 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  William  Maher,  Chief  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC),  today  made  the  following  personnel 
 announcement. 
 Josh  Swift  has  been  named  Legal  Counsel  to  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  Chief.  In  this  position,  Mr.  Swift  will  advise  the  Mr.  Maher  on  pricing  and  other  wireline 


 issues. 
 Since  August  2001,  Mr.  Swift  has  served  as  an  Attorney-  Advisor  in  the  Pricing  Policy  Division  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau.  He  has  worked  on  a  variety  of 
 pricing  matters,  including  many  Bell  Operating  Company  (BOC)  in-  region  long  distance  applications  and  payphone  items  and  served  as  the  team  leader  on  pricing  issues  for 
 several  BellSouth  and  Verizon  section  271  applications. 
 Before  joining  the  Commission  in  2001,  Mr.  Swift  was  a  trial  attorney  in  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Justice,  where  he  managed  both  district  and  appellate  court  litigation. 
 Prior  to  this,  Mr.  Swift  was  an  associate  in  the  D.  C.  office  of  Morgan,  Lewis  &  Bockius  LLP  and  a  law  clerk  for  the  Honorable  Benson  Everett  Legg,  a  federal  district  court  judge 
 in  Baltimore.  Mr.  Swift  received  his  B.  A.  from  Williams  College,  his  M.  A.  from  Middlebury  College,  and  his  J.  D.  from  Cornell  Law  School. 
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