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May 27, 1999                            David Fiske: (202) 418-0500

   DOROTHY ATTWOOD NAMED CHAIRMAN KENNARD'S LEGAL ADVISOR FOR
                     COMMON CARRIER ISSUES
                                
William E. Kennard, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has
named Dorothy Attwood to be his Legal Advisor for common carrier issues.

Since August 1998, Attwood has been Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau's
Enforcement Division.  After joining the Commission in 1996, Attwood served in the Policy and
Program Planning Division of the Bureau, on a detail from the Office of General Counsel, where
she was involved in rulemakings implementing the 1996 Act.

Chairman Kennard said, "I am delighted that an attorney with Dorothy's knowledge of
common carrier issues will be joining my staff.  She has been an impressive leader of the
Enforcement Division.  She gets the job done.  She played a key role in our efforts to keep
slamming the slammers.  She was one of the architects of the truth-in-billing initiative to make
phone bills easy-to-read.  I look forward to having her in my office."     

Before joining the Commission, Attwood was a partner in the Philadelphia law firm of
Kozen & O'Conner, specializing in commercial litigation. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from
the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1987, where she was named Order of the Coif, and
also received an M.S. from the Wharton School.

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