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Russell P.  Hanser

Areas of Practice Telecommunications Law  Internet Law Information Privacy Law Education J.D., Harvard Law School, 1997 B.A., Amherst College, 1994 Bar Admissions Massachusetts, 1997 District of Columbia, 2001

Russell Hanser joined the Firm in 2006 following three years at the Federal Communications Commission. His practice focuses on the regulation of next-generation broadband services and IP-enabled applications, information privacy, universal service, intercarrier compensation, and a range of other issues faced by the information and communications technology industry. His clients include wireline carriers, mobile wireless providers, cable operators, Internet service providers, equipment manufacturers, and investment advisors.

At the FCC, Mr. Hanser was a leading attorney on broadband and wireline communications policy, holding senior positions in the Wireline Competition Bureau, the Office of General Counsel, and the Office of Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy, where he served as Legal Advisor for Wireline Competition Issues. Previously, Mr. Hanser was an attorney at Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, where he practiced communications law, and at Ropes & Gray, where he practiced commercial litigation.

Mr. Hanser clerked for Judge Norman H. Stahl on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He is an honors graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was a Primary Editor on the Harvard Law Review. He received his Political Science degree magna cum laude from Amherst College. He is co-chair of the Federal Communications Bar Association’s Moot Court Committee, and serves as Adjunct Professor at the Franklin Pierce Law Center, where he teaches courses on telecommunications and high-technology law. He has previously been an Adjunct Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School.

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