Stephanie Weiner Named FCC Chairman Wheeler’s New Senior Legal Advisor

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler announced the appointment of Stephanie Weiner as senior legal advisor with responsibility for wireline issues, and the departure of Daniel Alvarez, who has served as the Chairman’s wireline, public safety, and homeland security legal advisor since 2013.

Weiner joins the Chairman’s staff from her position as FCC Associate General Counsel and Special Advisor to the Chairman on Internet Law and Policy. Prior to joining the FCC in 2013, Weiner served in senior legal positions with Neustar, the US Department of Energy, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau, and as an associate at Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis, LLP. Weiner graduated magna cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law, where she received the John Paul Stevens Prize for Academic Excellence. She has a Master's Degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago, and a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University.