Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Players- Top Telecom Lobbyist Picks For November

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Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 03:51:34 -0500

Top Telecom Lobbyist Picks For November

Nov 26, 2003

Once again another session of Congress grinds to a close, and another year of
FCC policymaking draws to an end. It has been a most eventful year, and we have
seen and heard much from the industry's most effective advocates - among them,
the individuals named below, TPR's exclusive list of the best telecom lobbyists
working in the nation's capital.

Paula
Timmons
AT&T Wireless 1150 Conn.
Ave., NW, 4th Floor
Washington, D.C.
Among the most experienced
telecom lobbyists on the Hill, she
worked for the Senate Commerce
Committee when it was chaired by
Sen. John Danforth (R-Mo.).
Today, she is widely regarded by
colleagues as the "mastermind"
behind congressional pressure that
prompted the FCC this month to
underscore wireline-to-wireless
portability as part of the Nov. 24
LNP mandate.

Megan
Delaney
Allegiance Telecom 1919 M
St., NW Suite 420
Washington, D.C.
Formerly with the House Commerce
Committee when it was chaired by
Rep. Tom Bliley (R-Va.), she also
served with the
Telecommunications Industry
Association. Since joining
Allegiance's lobbying team led by
Kevin Joseph, she has rapidly
ascended the telecom lobbying
ladder to become one of
Washington's most effective
advocates for competitive local
exchange carriers (CLECs) .

Tom Downey
Downey McGrath Group1225
I St., NW, Suite 600
Washington, D.C.
This former Democratic
congressman from New York, along
with his partner, Ray McGrath,
continues to represent the interests
of AOL Time Warner, particularly
on such thorny issues as media
ownership and broadband
deployment.

Karen
Brinkmann
Latham & Watkins LLP555
11th St. NW, Suite 1000
Washington, D.C.
Widely considered to be among the
best telecom lawyers in
Washington, this former FCC
insider now uses her regulatory
expertise to advocate positions
near and dear to clients that include
Alaska Communications,
CenturyTel and the Independent
Telephone & Telecommunications
Alliance.

Lonnie
Taylor
Nextel Communications 2001
Edmund Halley Drive
Reston, Va.
This former chief lobbyist for the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce now
serves as Nextel's vice president for
federal and state relations. As
such, he presses for legislation and
regulatory policies that coincide
with Nextel's business plan and its
ever-growing need for additional
spectrum.

Robert
Cresanti
Business Software Alliance
1150 18th St. , NW Suite 700
Washington, D.C.
Formerly senior VP with the
Information Technology
Association of America (ITAA), he
now serves as SBA's vice president
for public policy. In that capacity,
he directs the group's global public
policy agenda, and was largely
responsible for orchestrating SBA's
recent alliance with the Department
of Homeland Security.

Patrick
Merrick
AT&T Corp.1120 20th St.,
NW Suite 1000 Washington,
D.C.
His forte is state and federal
regulation, and that makes him a
frequent visitor to the FCC. His key
issues include VoIP, special access
and universal service - all of which
have been front-burner topics at
the FCC this year. In fact, he was
instrumental in getting the special
access debate teed up inside the
FCC chairman's office.

Al Mottur
Brownstien, Hyatt & Farber,
PC 410 17th Street, 22nd
Floor Denver, Colo.
He was formerly senior telecom
policy advisor to the Senate
Commerce Committee. He now
advocates on behalf of Comcast
Communications. He is known to
be a staunch supporter of telecom
competition, as well as an expert on
the role of states and the federal
government in telecom
policymaking.