President Obama Announces Another Key Administration Post

By USGOV
Monday, October 31, 2011

Release Time: 

For Immediate Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post:

  • Ajit Varadaraj Pai- Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission

President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post:

Ajit Varadaraj Pai, Nominee for Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
Ajit Varadaraj Pai is a Partner in the Litigation Department of Jenner & Block LLP.  Immediately prior to joining Jenner & Block, Mr. Pai worked in the Office of the General Counsel at the Federal Communications Commission, where he served as Deputy General Counsel, Associate General Counsel, and Special Advisor to the General Counsel.  Previously, he served as Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights and as Senior Counsel at the Office of Legal Policy at the U.S. Department of Justice.  Mr. Pai also served as Deputy Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, and as Associate General Counsel at Verizon Communications Inc.  Mr. Pai began his career as a law clerk to Judge Martin L.C. Feldman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and then as an Honors Program trial attorney in the Telecommunications Task Force at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division.  Mr. Pai holds a B.A. from Harvard University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago.

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