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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 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  October  5,  2004  Lauren  Patrich  at  (202)  418-  7944 
 e-  mail:  lauren.  patrich@  fcc.  gov 


 NICOLE  MCGINNIS  TO  SERVE  AS  LEGAL  ADVISOR  IN  THE  WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU 
 OFFICE  OF  THE  BUREAU  CHIEF 


 Washington,  D.  C.  -  John  Muleta,  Chief  of  the  FCC’s  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  has  announced  that  Nicole  McGinnis  will  serve  in  the  Office  of  the  Bureau  Chief  as  a 
 Legal  Advisor.  Ms.  McGinnis  will  advise  the  Bureau  Chief  and  Deputies  on  wireless  regulatory  issues,  focusing  on  matters  before  the  Bureau’s  Public  Safety  and  Critical  Infrastructure 
 Division. 
 Prior  to  her  current  appointment,  Ms.  McGinnis  served  as  an  attorney-  advisor  in  the  Bureau’s  Mobility  Division,  where  she  worked  on  policy  and  licensing  matters  involving 
 commercial  wireless  services.  Ms.  McGinnis  also  served  as  an  attorney-  advisor  in  the  Policy  and  Rules  Branch  of  the  former  Commercial  Wireless  Division.  Ms.  McGinnis  joined  the 
 Commission  in  2002. 
 Prior  to  joining  the  Commission,  Ms.  McGinnis  was  an  attorney  with  the  law  firm  of  Wiley  Rein  &  Fielding  LLP,  where  she  specialized  in  communications  law  issues. 


 Ms.  McGinnis  received  her  A.  B.,  magna  cum  laude,  from  Dartmouth  College.  She  received  her  J.  D.  from  The  University  of  Chicago  Law  School,  where  she  was  a  Comment  Editor 
 for  the  University  of  Chicago  Legal  Forum. 


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