February 25, 1994


      JUDITH L. HARRIS NAMED DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

      Judith L. Harris has been selected as Director of the FCC's
Office of Legislative Affairs.

      Harris is a partner in the Washington, DC office of Reed
Smith Shaw & McClay.  She has extensive experience with consumer
protection and antitrust litigation and counseling and has
handled numerous matters before both the Antitrust Division of
the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). 
In addition to her trade regulation work, Harris regularly
handled a wide variety of civil litigation before the federal
courts.

      During the years 1978-1980, Harris left the law firm to
serve as Senior Trial Counsel in the Antitrust Division of the
Department of Justice where she worked on a large number of civil
and criminal matters.   

      Harris received a B.A. with highest honors from the
University of Michigan, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and
she received her J.D. from Yale Law School.  She is a member of
the National Health Lawyers Association, and the American, Ohio,
and District of Columbia Bar Asssociations.
       
      "Judy is very familiar with Capitol Hill, and we welcome
her expertise to the Commission," Chairman Reed Hundt said.  "I'm
looking forward to her joining us so that she can explain to
Congress our work here at the Commission."

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