Robert M. McDowell
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Robert Malcolm McDowell is a telecommunications lawyer.
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[edit] Federal Communications Commissioner
President George W. Bush nominated him for a seat on the Federal Communications Commission 2006-02-06.[1] The United States Senate confirmed him 2006-05-26. He was sworn in 2006-06-01 to fill an unexpired term that ends 2009-06-30.
[edit] Career
[edit] Employment
He is a former FCC lobbyist for non-Bell telephone companies. . Immediately before his confirmation, he was Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of COMPTEL (Competitive Telecommunications Association), an industry trade group of competitive (non- RBOC) telephone companies.
In 1986 he served as chief legislative aide to Delegate Robert T. Andrews of Vienna, Virginia.[2]
[edit] Bar admissions
- Virginia State Bar
- Supreme Court of the United States of America
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia[2]
[edit] Education
- Deerfield Academy, 1981[3]
- Duke University, AB cum laude, 1985[4]
- Marshall-Wythe School of Law of the College of William and Mary, JD 1990[5][4]
[edit] Personal
He is the son of Hobart K. McDowell, Jr., and the late Martha Louise Shea McDowell. He and his wife, the former Jennifer Griffin, reside on the farm where he grew up near Vienna, Virginia with their three children.[6][7]
[edit] References
- ^ Personnel Announcement. White House (2006-02-03). Retrieved on 2008-04-11. “The President intends to nominate Robert M. McDowell, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission, for the remainder of a five-year term expiring June 30, 2009.”
- ^ a b COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION UNITED STATES SENATE (2006-03-09). NOMINATIONS OF ... AND ROBERT M. McDOWELL TO BE A MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, 109 Senate Hearings. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. SenHrg109-693. Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
- ^ Volunteers (PDF) p. 5 of 8. Deerfield Academy (2007-09-17). Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
- ^ a b Bush Nominates McDowell for FCC Slot. Comptel Connection. Comptel (2006-02-06). Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
- ^ Spring 2006 Class notes. William & Mary School of Law (Spring 2006). Retrieved on 2008-04-11. “Robert M. McDowell JD ’90 was approved by the Senate Commerce Committee...”
- ^ "Obituary: Martha Louise Shea McDowell, Public Relations Executive", Washington Post, July 10, 2005;, p. Page C10. Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
- ^ "Obituary : Martha Shea McDowell, 80, Journalist", McLean Connection, McLean, Virginia: Connection Newspapers, 2005-07-14. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
- Biography of FCC Commissioner Robert M. McDowell (accessed 2007-12-06)
- Robert M. McDowell: Portrait of an FCC lobbyist - LLFCC.NET (accessed 2007-12-06)
- COMPTEL - Robert M. McDowell - Bio (accessed 2007-12-06)
- COMPTEL (accessed 2007-12-06)
- COMPTEL (accessed 2007-12-06)
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