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Paul Margie
is a partner with the law firm of Wiltshire & Grannis LLP,
where he focuses on telecommunications and technology law. Mr. Margie
advises clients on communications, Internet, corporate foundations/CSR,
and other legal issues. His clients include wireless and wireline
service providers, Internet service providers, manufacturers,
international charities, satellite companies, and software companies.
Mr. Margie represents clients before the FCC, the courts, the Executive
Branch, and foreign regulatory agencies. Mr. Margie has served in senior positions at the FCC and on Capitol Hill. From 2001-2005 he served as Legal Advisor to FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps, where he advised the Commissioner on wireless, satellite, spectrum allocation, and international issues. Prior to his work at the FCC, from 1998-2001, Mr. Margie served first as Legislative Counsel and then as Senior Commerce Counsel for Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, where he advised the Senator on telecommunications, Internet, science and technology, intellectual property, and economic development policy. Before joining Senator Rockefeller's staff, he was an attorney with the law firm of Wiley, Rein & Fielding. Mr. Margie was also Senior Director for Technology Partnerships at the United Nations Foundation, a foundation created by Ted Turner's $1 Billion gift to the UN. He directed a worldwide partnership with the Vodafone Group Foundation to use technology to advance development, establishing partnerships and programs with the International Telecommunications Union, UNICEF, the World Food Program, the World Health Organization, Télécoms sans Frontières, Nokia, Palm Inc., and TerreStar. Mr. Margie is an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center where he teaches communications law, is the Co-Chair of the Federal Communications Bar Association's International Practice Committee, and is on the Board of Trustees of DataDyne and the MetaCancer Foundation. |
EducationUniversity of Chicago Law School, J.D., with honors Haverford College, B.A., with honorsPress Releases & AdvisoriesView All 20 August 2010Wiltshire & Grannis Featured in Corporate Counsel Magazine 15 October 2009 Emergency Telecom Mission of W&G Pro Bono Client Télécoms sans Frontières featured on WashingtonPost.com Articles & Publications04 December 2008R. Paul Margie, Patricia Paoletta, and Jacinda Lanum - Key Communications Legislation in the 110th Congress 01 January 2003 Can You Hear Me Now? - Getting Better Reception from the FCC's Spectrum Policy Speeches & Presentations13 July 2010Paul Margie to Speak at LSI Spectrum and Wireless Conference on October 19 19 February 2010 Paul Margie discusses Haiti, Télécoms sans Frontières, and Emergency Telecom on Canadian Public Television’s The Agenda |
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