*Pages 1--1 from Microsoft Word - 49590.doc* 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: June 22, 2005 Daniel Gonzalez at (202) 418- 1000 CHAIRMAN KEVIN J. MARTIN ANNOUNCES THE ACTING GENERAL COUNSEL, ACTING DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL, AND SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin named Samuel Feder as Acting General Counsel. Chairman Martin also announced that Matthew Berry will serve as Acting Deputy General Counsel and Emily Willeford will serve as Special Advisor for International Issues and Deputy Chief of Staff. Sam Feder most recently served as the Chairman’s Legal Advisor for spectrum and international issues. He previously served as then- Commissioner Martin’s Legal Advisor for common carrier matters and as a Legal Advisor to Commissioner Furchtgott- Roth. Before joining the Commission, Mr. Feder worked at Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis, and at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans, where he focused on telecommunications and appellate litigation. He has also served as a trial attorney in the Federal Programs Branch of the Department of Justice, specializing in constitutional and administrative law, and as a law clerk to the Honorable Edward R. Becker of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. Feder is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and received his J. D, summa cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School. Matthew Berry will be Acting Deputy General Counsel. He most recently served as Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy in the U. S. Department of Justice, where he earned the Department’s John Marshall Award for providing legal advice related to counter- terrorism policy. Prior to joining the Office of Legal Policy, Mr. Berry served as an attorney- adviser in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel. Mr. Berry was previously a visiting professor at William and Mary School of Law, where he taught courses on the First Amendment and election law, and he has served as a law clerk for United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas and Judge Laurence Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He has also been a staff attorney at the Institute for Justice. Mr. Berry graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College and received his J. D. from Yale Law School. Emily Willeford will serve as the Chairman’s Advisor for International Issues and Deputy Chief of Staff. Ms. Willeford returns to the Commission after having most recently served as the Special Assistant in the Office of the Senior Advisor at the White House. She has previously served as Special Assistant to then- Commissioner Martin, an Assistant to the Deputy Director of the White House National Economic Council, and Legal Assistant on the Bush- Cheney 2000 campaign. Ms. Willeford graduated from Davidson College. 1