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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                  News Media Contact:
July 26, 2001                                Meribeth McCarrick at (202) 418-0654
                                        e-mail: mmccarri@fcc.gov 

 WIRELESS BUREAU CHIEF ANNOUNCES JOEL A. TAUBENBLATT TO SERVE AS
         LEGAL ADVISOR IN THE OFFICE OF THE BUREAU CHIEF

       Washington, DC   Thomas Sugrue, Chief of the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau has announced  Joel Taubenblatt will move to the Bureau Chief's Office as a Legal Advisor.
       In his new position as Legal Advisor, Taubenblatt will advise the Bureau Chief and
Deputies on various wireless regulatory issues, including matters before the Bureau's Policy
Division.
       Prior to his new appointment, Taubenblatt served as a Senior Staff Attorney in the
Commercial Wireless Division of the Bureau.  He joined the FCC in July 1996, initially serving in
the Common Carrier Bureau.
       Taubenblatt holds a J.D. from Duke University School of Law, a B.S. from the Wharton
School of Finance, and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
                             - FCC -