FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai Announces Staff Appointment

Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai announced that Brendan Carr has joined his staff as Legal Advisor for wireless, public safety, and international issues. Commissioner Pai also announced that Jeffrey Neumann, who has been serving as Acting Legal Advisor while on detail from the Media Bureau’s Engineering Division, will be rejoining the Bureau.

Brendan Carr joins Commissioner Pai’s office from the FCC’s Office of General Counsel. In that role, Carr provided legal advice on a wide range of spectrum policy, competition, and public safety matters. Prior to joining the FCC, Carr was an associate at Wiley Rein LLP, where he worked on telecom litigation, appellate, and regulatory matters. Earlier in his career, Carr served as a law clerk for Judge Dennis Shedd of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Carr graduated magna cum laude from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law and obtained a certificate from its Institute for Communications Law Studies. During law school, Carr gained experience interning for Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, and the US House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet. Carr received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University.