REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Particular expertise in wireless and satellite issues, including spectrum allocation, licensing, compliance and policy matters.
• Extensive experience in telephony policy matters, particularly where new technology or changing market conditions conflict with the historic regulation.
• Substantial transactional experience, assumed a lead role in securing FCC approval for transactions ranging from small license transfers to the largest communications mergers of the last decades.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Member, State Department Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy (2009-Present).  Named by Ambassador Phillip Verveer to provide advice in the formulation of United States communications and information policy, positions and proposals for multilateral and bilateral consultations, and negotiations on communications and information policy issues.
• Chair, FCC Independent Panel Reviewing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Communications Networks (January-June 2006).  Named by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to head the panel reviewing the impact of the hurricane on telecommunications and media infrastructure and make recommendations to the Commission regarding ways to improve disaster preparedness, network reliability and communication among first responders.
• Chair, FCC Advisory Committee for the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference (2003-2007). Named by FCC Chairman Michael Powell to head efforts to assemble U.S. industry positions on spectrum use issues in preparation for the conference.
• Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (2001-2003). Appointed by President Bush to serve as his advisor on domestic and international communications policy and manager of the federal government's use of spectrum. Managed 250-person agency comprised of policy staff, grant administrators, spectrum engineers and lab facilities. Achievements included:
  • Launch of comprehensive spectrum management reform effort, including Presidential memorandum calling for recommendations to improve spectrum management and historic memorandum with the FCC for closer coordination and use of spectrum.
  • Addressed spectrum needs of new technologies by devising plans to make 90 MHz available for advanced (3G) wireless services and 255 MHz available for unlicensed wireless use.
  • Contracted with private sector companies for management of .us and .edu top-level domains and assisted with legislation signed by the President creating a safe space for children on the Internet (.kids.us).

AFFILIATIONS

• Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA).
  • Co-Chair, Broadband Committee (2010-2011).
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Telecommunications and E-Commerce Committee.

HONORS & AWARDS

• Named one of DC's "Super Lawyers" for Communications by Super Lawyers magazine (2012-2013).
• Named one of Washington's "Best Lawyers" (2011) and one of "Washington's Top Lawyers" (2009) by Washingtonian magazine.
• Named in the Legal Media Group's Expert Guides: Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law for her work in Telecommunications (2012).
• Included in the Legal Media Group's Expert Guides: Guide to the World's Leading Telecommunications Lawyers (2011).
• Named by Lawdragon as one of "3000 Leading Lawyers in America" (2010-2011).
• Named by The Legal 500 US a "recommended lawyer" in Telecom and Broadcast Regulatory Law (2009-2012).
• Listed by Chambers USA as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" in Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory (2008-2012).
• Inducted into the Minority Media & Telecommunications Council Hall of Fame (2007).
• AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell's highest ranking by peers for general ethical standards and legal ability.

PUBLICATIONS

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• Summary of the First Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Notice of Inquiry In the Matter of Reassessment of Federal Communications Commission Radiofrequency Exposure Limits and Policies and Proposed Changes in the Commission's Rules Regarding Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields
  Nancy J. Victory, Andrew G. McBride, Joshua S. Turner and Megan L. Brown
  April 8, 2013

• Recent Legislation Could Ban Federal IT Purchases of Certain Chinese Equipment
  Nova J. Daly and Nancy J. Victory
  March 27, 2013

• Portable Electronic Devices Aboard Aircraft
  Nancy J. Victory and David E. Hilliard
  Fall 2012 | AirWorthy

• FCC Launches Review of Spectrum Holding Limits
  R. Michael Senkowski, Nancy J. Victory, Scott D. Delacourt and Steven E. Merlis
  September 28, 2012

• Portable Electronic Devices Aboard Aircraft
  Nancy J. Victory and David E. Hilliard
  August 29, 2012

• PCAST Releases Report Regarding Spectrum Sharing
  Nancy J. Victory, Eric W. DeSilva and Thomas S. Dombrowsky Jr.
  August 8, 2012

SPEECHES

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NEWS RELEASES

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• Fifty-Eight Wiley Rein Attorneys Named to DC "Super Lawyers" List Across 18 Areas of the Law

  April 19, 2013

• Wiley Rein's Telecom Practice and Richard E. Wiley Receive Top Tier Honors From Chambers USA for Ten Years in a Row

  June 12, 2012

• Chambers USA Recognizes Thirty-Two Wiley Rein Attorneys Across Fifteen Practice Areas as Best in the Country

  June 7, 2012

• The Legal 500 US Ranks Wiley Rein's Telecommunications Group in the Top Tier for the Sixth Consecutive Year

  June 6, 2012

• The Legal 500 US Ranks Four Wiley Rein Practices Among Nation's Best; Wiley and Senkowski Named 'Leading Lawyers'

  May 30, 2012

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