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| *] - Former Deputy Solicitor General in 1991, represented the University of Michigan before the Supreme Court in Grutter v. Bollinger. | *] - Former Deputy Solicitor General in 1991, represented the University of Michigan before the Supreme Court in Grutter v. Bollinger. | ||
| *] - Prosecutor in the ] case. | *] - Prosecutor in the ] case. | ||
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| Gary M. Epstein is a senior partner in the Washington, D.C. office of the international law firm of Latham & Watkins. He is in charge of the telecommunications legal practice for the firm. Epstein was the head of the Latham & Watkins legal team working on privatization and regulatory reform matters. Mr. Epstein has been involved directly in the privatization or other restructurings of telecommunications sectors in many countries. | |||
| Mr. Epstein was Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission from 1981 to 1983. During his tenure as Common Carrier Bureau Chief, Mr. Epstein directed the development and implementation of key policies adopted by the FCC in such areas as market competition, access charges, cellular radio, satellite spacing and FCC international policies. Mr. Epstein also served as Chairman of the FCC's Industry Advisory Committee on Implementation of Reduced Orbital Spacing Between Domestic Fixed Satellites from 1984 to 1986, and was a public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States during that time. From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Epstein served as the Chairman of the FCC's Industry Advisory Committee for the 1995 World Radiocommunication Conference. | |||
| ==External link== | ==External link== | ||
Revision as of 10:19, 16 April 2006
Latham & Watkins LLP is a major business-law firm based in the United States. The firm was founded in Los Angeles in 1934. The firm is consistently rated as one of the top ten most prestigious law firms by Vault.com.
It currently has 1,600 attorneys throughout its offices in: Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Paris, San Diego, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington D.C.
Notable Latham & Watkins attorneys:
- Kirk Davenport II - High-yield finance guru.
- David Gordon - Considered the preeminent project finance attorney in the United States.
- John Kirby - Prominent IP attorney; namesake of Nintendo's "Kirby" character.
- Maureen Mahoney - Former Deputy Solicitor General in 1991, represented the University of Michigan before the Supreme Court in Grutter v. Bollinger.
- Beth Wilkinson - Prosecutor in the Oklahoma City bombing case.
Notable Latham & Watkins alumni:
- Bruce Babbitt, former Governor of Arizona and U.S. Secretary of the Interior
- Michael Chertoff, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
- Chris Cox, SEC Chair
- Fred T. Goldberg, Jr. former Partner and Commissioner of Internal Revenue at the IRS
- Bill Wehrum, acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air & Radiation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency