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November 17, 2014 Susan Fisenne, 202-418-2301
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FCC Commissioner O’Rielly to Name Robin Colwell 
as New Chief of Staff and Legal Advisor
FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly has announced his intention to hire Robin Colwell, 
currently legal advisor to U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), to be his new chief of staff and legal 
advisor for media issues.  She will also handle all press inquiries.  Ms. Colwell will start on 
December 15, 2014, assuming proper hiring procedures and clearances are approved by that date.  
Commissioner O’Rielly stated, “I have known Ms. Colwell for over a decade and have valued 
her knowledge of communications issues and optimistic approach to complex matters.  Robin’s 
expertise in Capitol Hill policies and politics will be an immense asset to me at the Commission.  
I am so pleased that she has agreed to join my superb staff.”     
Ms. Colwell has extensive background in communications policy, having worked most recently 
as Legislative Counsel to U.S. Senator Tim Scott, and Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on 
Commerce, Science & Transportation’s Subcommittee on Tourism, Competitiveness, and 
Innovation, of which Senator Scott is the Ranking Member. She has served in the past as 
Counsel to former Senators Jim DeMint and Peter G. Fitzgerald, as well as former 
Representative Connie Mack. Before her time on the Hill, Ms. Colwell was an associate at 
Wiley Rein & Fielding, focused on telecommunications and technology transactions. A Florida 
native, Ms. Colwell first came to Washington, DC as a law clerk to Chief Judge H. Robert Mayer 
of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She received her J.D. from the College of 
William and Mary School of Law and her B.S. from Florida State University. 
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