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David H. Solomon

Areas of Practice Mass Media Law Telecommunications Law Administrative Law Education J.D. Harvard Law School, 1981 (cum laude) A.B. Harvard College, 1976 (magna cum laude) Bar Admissions District of Columbia, 1981

David Solomon joined the firm in June 2005 after nearly 18 years at the Federal Communications Commission.  Most recently, he served as the first Chief of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, from November 1999 to May 2005.  Prior to that, he served as FCC Deputy General Counsel (1994-1999) and FCC Assistant General Counsel for Administrative Law (1987-1994).  In these positions, Mr. Solomon played a major role in a wide variety of FCC proceedings, across all substantive communications law areas.  His practice at the firm focuses on both media and telecommunications matters.

As Chief of the FCC Enforcement Bureau, Mr. Solomon led FCC enforcement regarding all the industries regulated by the FCC. In the broadcast and cable area, Mr. Solomon was responsible for enforcement of rules in such areas as indecency, children’s commercial limits, payola/sponsorship identification, television captioning, pirate radio and technical operation. In the wireless area, his enforcement work included Enhanced 911, wireless local number portability, tower safety and consumer protection.  In the telephone area, he was actively involved in enforcement of universal service requirements and merger conditions, as well as rules designed to promote competition and protect consumer interests. Mr. Solomon also supervised the Office of Homeland Security as well as a wide variety of equipment and technical enforcement matters.

While FCC Deputy General Counsel (and, prior to that, Assistant General Counsel), Mr. Solomon provided legal advice with respect to virtually every significant FCC proceeding for more than a decade.  For example, Mr. Solomon played a key role in the agency’s implementation of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 and the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Mr. Solomon is a long-standing member of the Federal Communications Bar Association and has served as co-chair of its Enforcement Practice Committee.

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