Alexander Joins McDowell's Staff

Federal Communications Commission member Robert McDowell announced that Nick Alexander will be joining his staff as Legal Advisor for wireline issues. Alexander has worked at the Commission since 2005, most recently as Acting Deputy Chief of the Telecommunications Access Policy Division in the Wireline Competition Bureau. Before coming to the Commission, he was an associate in the Communications and Information Technology Group of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. Alexander received his J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law and his B.S. in Industrial Management from Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Alexander served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army. John Hunter, who has served as both Special Counsel on wireline issues and Chief of Staff to Commissioner McDowell, will now serve as Deputy Chief, Pricing Policy Division, in the Wireline Competition Bureau.