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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 
 FCC  ENFORCEMENT  BUREAU’S  INVESTIGATIONS  AND  HEARINGS  DIVISION  ANNOUNCES  PROMOTIONS 
 Washington,  D.  C.  ---  William  H.  Davenport  has  been  named  Deputy  Division  Chief  and  Hillary  S.  De  Nigro,  Trent  B.  Harkrader,  and  Dana  E.  Leavitt  have  been 
 named  Assistant  Division  Chiefs  in  the  FCC  Enforcement  Bureau’s  Investigations  and  Hearings  Division. 


 Mr.  Davenport  has  previously  served  as  an  Assistant  Division  Chief  in  the  Investigations  and  Hearings  Division  and,  prior  to  that,  as  Legal  Advisor  to  the  Chief 
 of  the  Enforcement  Bureau.  Before  joining  the  Commission,  Mr.  Davenport  was  an  associate  at  the  firm  of  Preston  Gates  Ellis  &  Rouvelas  Meeds  LLP  in  Washington, 
 D.  C.  Mr.  Davenport  received  a  B.  A.  from  Northwestern  University  and  a  J.  D.  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 


 Ms.  De  Nigro  has  previously  served  as  an  attorney  in  the  Investigations  and  Hearings  Division.  Before  joining  the  Commission,  Ms.  De  Nigro  practiced 
 commercial  litigation  in  the  D.  C.  offices  of  Milbank,  Tweed,  Hadley  &  McCloy,  LLP,  and,  prior  to  that,  was  engaged  in  commercial  litigation  and  energy  regulatory 
 hearings  for  Akin,  Gump,  Strauss,  Hauer  &  Feld.  Ms.  De  Nigro  received  a  B.  A.  from  Emory  University  and  a  J.  D.  from  the  Georgetown  University  Law  Center. 


 Mr.  Harkrader  previously  served  as  an  attorney  in  the  Investigations  and  Hearings  Division.  Before  joining  the  Commission,  Mr.  Harkrader  was  an  Associate 
 Independent  Counsel  in  the  Office  of  Independent  Counsel  Donald  C.  Smaltz.  Mr.  Harkrader  received  a  B.  A.  from  Duke  University  and  a  J.  D.  from  the  Southern 
 Methodist  University  School  of  Law. 
 Ms.  Leavitt  has  previously  served  as  an  attorney  in  the  Investigations  and  Hearings  Division.  Before  joining  the  Commission,  Ms.  Leavitt  was  an  attorney  for 
 Omnipoint  Communications  (now  T-  Mobile)  and,  prior  to  earning  her  law  degree,  held  various  sales  and  marketing  positions  at  AT&  T.  Ms.  Leavitt  received  a  B.  A. 
 from  Lehigh  University  and  a  J.  D.  from  Pace  University  School  of  Law. 
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 Announcement  by  the  FCC  Enforcement  Bureau,  News  Media  contact  Suzanne  Tetreault  at  202-  418-  7450. 


 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  October  22,  2003  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  Suzanne  Tetreault  (202)  418-  7450 
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