NEWS                                                        June 17, 1996



             KAREN GULICK JOINS COMMISSIONER NESS'S OFFICE 
                        AS INTERIM LEGAL ADVISOR


     Karen Gulick has been named interim Legal Advisor to Commissioner Susan Ness,
replacing Legal Advisor Mary McManus.  Ms. Gulick is on temporary detail from the Office
of General Counsel, where she has been serving as Special Counsel to General Counsel
William E. Kennard.   Ms. Gulick will have primary responsibility for international and
cable issues and will occasionally assist with common carrier matters. 

     Ms. Gulick came to the FCC in 1995.  In the Office of General Counsel, her
responsibilities have included appellate litigation and legal advice on administrative and
constitutional law.  Ms. Gulick previously practiced law in the Washington office of Latham
& Watkins, where she worked in the litigation and communications practice groups.  From
1993 to 1994, she was a law clerk to Judge Jane R. Roth of the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Third Circuit.

     Ms. Gulick received her law degree from Yale Law School and her B.A. in History
from Stanford University.  


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