Wiley Rein & Fielding

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Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP is a Washington, DC law firm founded in 1983. In 1986, the firm, then known as Wiley & Rein, became Wiley Rein & Fielding as Richard E. Wiley, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and Bert W. Rein, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, were joined on the masthead by Fred F. Fielding, former Counsel to President Reagan. With Mr. Fielding’s return to the White House as Counsel to President Bush on February 1, 2007, the firm has reverted to the name Wiley Rein LLP and currently has more than 270 attorneys located in Washington, DC and McLean, Virginia.

Contents 1 Major practice areas 2 Notable attorneys 3 Prominent firm alumni 4 External links

[edit] Major practice areas

• Communications
• Government Contracts
• Insurance
• International Trade
• Government Relations
• Litigation

[edit] Notable attorneys

• Richard E. Wiley - served as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
• Bert W. Rein - served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
• Fred F. Fielding - served as Counsel to the President and as a commissioner on the 9/11 Commission
• James H. Wallace, Jr. - lead plaintiff's counsel in the widely-reported "BlackBerry" litigation (NTP v. Research in Motion)[1]
• William A. Roberts, III. - Senior Partner, CO-Chair of the Government Contracts Practice which has distinguished itself as one of the nation’s best.
• Rand L. Allen - Senior Partner, CO-Chair of the Government Contracts Practice.

[edit] Prominent firm alumni

• Thomas B. Griffith - Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit[2]
• Kevin J. Martin - Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission [3]
• Margaret A. Ryan - Judge on the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

[edit] External links

• Official site
• LawPeriscope Profile