Index þ Committee and Young Chapter Events PAGE 4 þ Chapter News PAGE 7 Lawyers þ Job Bank PAGE 9 Committee þ Foundation Scholarships PAGE 11 Fundraiser: NEWS July 2007 FCBA Shirts Newsletter of the Federal Communications Bar Association for Sale! The Young Lawyers Committee is selling FCBA polo shirts to benefit the FCBA Foundation. Perfect for summertime business casual! The shirts are navy blue and embroidered with the FCBA logo in white and amber. Available in women’s sizes S, M, and XL and men’s sizes M, L, and XL for $30 per shirt; available in men’s XXL for $32 per shirt. $16 of the purchase price is deductible as a donation to the FCBA Foundation. Eagle Cup Winners: Team Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP L to R: Ash Johnston, Jason McCollum, “Captain” Carl Northrop, Bill Pendergast To place an order, visit www.fcba.org and submit the form to the FCBA by 11th Annual FCBA Foundation Golf Tournament fax (202-293-4317) or mail (1020 19th Street, The 11th Annual FCBA Foundation unpaid Law School summer interns at NW, Suite 325, Honorable Robert E. Lee Memorial Golf government agencies. Washington, DC 20036). Tournament was held on Friday, June 15, For additional 2007. After 10 years in Virginia, this year’s The tournament is named in memory of information, please Tournament was held at Worthington Manor former Federal Communications contact Kerry Loughney Golf Club in Urbana, Maryland, raising over Commission (FCC) Chairman Robert E. Lee, (202-293-4000; $17,000 for the FCBA Foundation’s who passed away in April 1993 after serving [email protected]) or Tarah Scholarship Fund, which provides college on the FCC for almost thirty years. Grant (703-610-6155; funds for deserving District of Columbia [email protected]). high school graduates as well as stipends for CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 þ Save the Nominations Committee Announces Date! Election Results The 21st Annual Chairman’s Dinner The Nominations Committee is pleased to Elected to three-year terms as members of honoring FCC Chairman announce the results of the 2007 election. the Executive Committee were Jennifer A. Kevin J. Martin, will be The following members were elected as Manner, Carol E. Mattey, and Ruth held December 5, 2007 at officers: Mark D. Schneider, President-Elect; Milkman. Robert R. Neumann was elected the Washington Hilton Richard S. Whitt, Secretary; Laura H. as Chapter Representative to the Executive Hotel. Watch the FCBA Phillips, Assistant Secretary; and Bryan N. Committee. Natalie Roisman will represent News this fall for the Tramont, Assistant Treasurer. Diane J. the Young Lawyers Committee on the dinner reservation form. Cornell assumed the office of President and Executive Committee. Robert L. Pettit assumed the office of Treasurer on July 1st. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 þ PRESIDENT’S Message DEAR MEMBERS, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS I’m delighted to be writing you for the first time in my new BAR ASSOCIATION role as FCBA President. I know it’s going to be a very exciting © copyright 2007 year in communications, and the FCBA’s many activities will 1020 19th Street, N.W. be there to reflect both the substantive range and camaraderie Suite 325 of our bar. I look forward to working with the new leadership Washington, D.C. 20036-6101 of the FCBA and the FCBA Foundation, as well as the co- Phone: (202) 293-4000 chairs of the FCBA’s many committees. We will be building Fax: (202) 293-4317 E-mail: [email protected] on the tremendous success of this last year for the FCBA and Website: http://www.fcba.org the FCBA Foundation, thanks to outgoing President Jennifer Warren, the FCBA staff, Stan Zenor, Kerry Loughney, Wendy OFFICERS Parish and Ann Henson, Foundation Chair Joe Di Scipio and the Foundation Board, Diane J. Cornell and last – but definitely not least – the many members who have given so President generously of their time and energy. Mark D. Schneider One of the main reasons I’ve so enjoyed practicing communications law is that you President-Elect can count on the issues to morph into something new and different than expected, Richard S. Whitt driven by the dynamic technologies and market trends in our practice area. And Secretary that means the FCBA must be constantly reinventing itself to keep up. This year, Laura H. Phillips we’re making several committee changes to reflect that reality. First, we’re adding an Assistant Secretary entirely new Ad Hoc Privacy & Data Security Committee. Second, we’re expanding Robert L. Pettit the scope and renaming two existing committees. The Ad Hoc Intellectual Property Treasurer Committee will take on the copyright and DRM topics from the prior Copyright and Bryan N. Tramont Digital Rights Management Committee, and add patents, trademarks and trade dress Assistant Treasurer to its communications law portfolio. The new Cyberspace Practice Committee will EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE replace the IP-Based Communications Committee, and cover issues relating to John B. Branscome Internet-based technologies, services and applications. Finally, not to be left behind, Robert E. Branson the Wireline Practice Committee will replace the Common Carrier Committee. Anna M. Gomez Jennifer A. Manner The FCBA is also in the process of upgrading its IT infrastructure to ensure the staff Carol E. Mattey has the technology necessary to serve the membership as effectively as possible. Ruth Milkman We’ve recently completed an IT audit and will be ensuring the office has what it Lauren M. Van Wazer needs to live up to our name as the Federal COMMUNICATIONS Bar Association. Ryan G. Wallach For the membership, perhaps the most important consequence is that we will soon Jennifer A. Warren be offering online registration and payment for FCBA events to make registration Kathryn A. Zachem more convenient for all of you. CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES Programming, events and publications form the heart of the value the FCBA brings William P. Cox to its members, and I look forward to working with all of you to keep the FCBA’s Robert R. Neumann services fresh, innovative and topical. We have several events planned for the DELEGATE TO THE summer and fall already, so the committees are moving quickly to get programs in AMERICAN BAR place early in the year. I know I will be able to count on the support of the terrific ASSOCIATION FCBA staff, as well as the remarkable corps of willing and able volunteers that make Brooks E. Harlow the FCBA the unique association that it is. YOUNG LAWYERS REPRESENTATIVE I thank you for the opportunity to serve you as President, and I encourage you to contact me directly ([email protected]) with any ideas you have on Natalie Roisman how the FCBA can better serve its members. I look forward to hearing your creative FCBA STAFF suggestions as the year progresses, and to making this a banner year for the FCBA. Executive Director Stanley D. Zenor ([email protected]) Diane J. Cornell Director of Member Services Kerry K. Loughney ([email protected]) Administrative Assistant Wendy Jo Parish ([email protected]) If you have already sent in the Committee/Chapter sign up form with your Bookkeeper renewal and would like to sign up for one of the new Committees discussed in Ann Henson ([email protected]) the President’s message, please email Kerry Loughney ([email protected]). If you Editor – Kerry Loughney signed up for the predecessor committee of the new committees, you will be Photographer – Mark Van Bergh signed up for the new one. Thank you! Password as of July 10, 2007: 521 FCBA NEWS 2 JULY 2007 WELCOME Column Rochelle Cohen David Hu Alexander M. Laughlin FCBA AT&T Services, Inc. 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