March 4, 1994


             DAVID A. NALL NAMED DEPUTY CHIEF, TARIFF DIVISION


    David Alan Nall has been named Deputy Chief of the Tariff Division, Common
Carrier Bureau, effective February 20, 1994.  In addition to his supervisory responsibilities
as Deputy Division Chief, Mr. Nall will oversee several significant Division projects and
coordinate these projects with other organizations within the Commission.

    Before joining the Commission's staff, Mr. Nall was an attorney in private practice
at the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey.  His practice there was in the areas of
telecommunications regulation and transactions, radio licensing, cable television, and postal
rate regulation.  His clients included communications users and licensees, equipment
manufacturers, enhanced service providers, municipal governments, and small newspapers. 
Previously, Mr. Nall was a staff attorney at the Institute for Public Representation, where
he worked in the Citizens Communications Center project.  Mr. Nall's clients at that time
included the Consumer Federation of America, which he represented before the
Commission and in the post-divestiture proceedings in the United States District Court.
 
    Mr. Nall graduated from the University of Virginia in 1973.  He was a Foreign
Service Officer from 1974 until 1982, serving in several assignments overseas and in the
U.S. Department of State.  He received a J.D. from the Catholic University of America
in 1985, and an LL.M. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1987.  He is a
member of the District of Columbia and Maryland Bars, and is admitted to practice before
the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.  Mr. Nall is a
member of the Federal Communications Bar Association.

    Mr. Nall resides in Takoma Park, Maryland, and is married to Laura E. Lester.