Legal Resources
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Administrative Law Division
The attorneys and paralegals of the Administrative Law Division of the Office
of General Counsel provide the Commissioners, and the agency's Bureaus and
Offices, with legal advice on a broad range of communications and general
administrative law issues. They also provide the public with legal information
on such matters.
The Division reviews all draft Commission decisions for legal sufficiency.
Division staff provide legal advice to the Commission concerning a wide array
of statutes, regulations, and procedures, including, for example, the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996,
the Administrative Procedure Act, the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy
Act, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
the Government in the Sunshine Act, the Contract with America Advancement
Act of 1996, negotiated rulemaking, and alternative dispute resolution, the
Commission's procedural rules, procurement issues, the agency's ex parte
and ethics rules (including receipt of gifts by the Commission and its employees,
reimbursed travel expenses, and lobbying disclosure). The Division staff
is available to answer inquiries from the public concerning these matters.
The Division also drafts all Commission decisions involving matters on review
from Administrative Law Judges, Freedom of Information Act applications for
review, and regulatory and filing fee applications for review.
Joel Kaufman is Associate General Counsel and Division Chief. Christopher Killion and Ann Bushmiller are Deputy Associate General Counsels. Assistant General Counsels in the Division are Maureen Duignan, David Horowitz, Diane Griffin Holland, Marilyn Sonn and Debra Weiner, and Assistant General Counsel for Ethics in the Division is Patrick J. Carney.
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