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Russell P.  Hanser

Areas of Practice Telecommunications Law  Appellate Practice Administrative Law Born April 2, 1972 New York, New York Education J.D., Harvard Law School, 1997 B.A., Amherst College, 1994 Bar Admissions Massachusetts, 1997 District of Columbia, 2001

Russell Hanser joined the Firm in January 2006 following three years at the Federal Communications Commission.  During that period, he was one of the leading FCC attorneys on wireline communications policy, holding senior positions in the Wireline Competition Bureau, the Office of General Counsel, and most recently the Office of Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy, where he served as Acting Legal Advisor for Wireline Competition Issues.  Mr. Hanser played a key role in the development of the Commission’s approach to competition policy, broadband deployment, and the regulation of IP-enabled services, and was significantly involved in critical Commission decisions such as the Triennial Review Order, the Triennial Review Remand Order and the IP-Enabled Services NPRM.

While at the Commission, Mr. Hanser also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School.  Previously, he was an attorney at Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, where he focused on pricing-related wireline competition matters, and at Ropes & Gray, where he practiced commercial litigation. 

Mr. Hanser clerked for Judge Norman H. Stahl on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.  He is an honors graduate of the Harvard Law School, where he was a Primary Editor on the Harvard Law Review.  He received his Political Science degree magna cum laude from Amherst College.

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