Chairman Pai Names Degani Acting General Counsel

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has named Nicholas Degani as the agency’s Acting General Counsel. Degani will serve in the role on an interim basis following Jennifer Tatel’s departure from the agency. Degani joined the Commission in 2007 through the Attorney Honors Program. During his decade at the Commission, he has served as Senior Counsel to Chairman Pai and Wireline Legal Advisor to then-Commissioner Pai; been detailed to the House Commerce Committee, and worked in the Wireline Competition Bureau and the Office of General Counsel. Earlier in his career, Degani clerked for Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School and magna cum laude from Yale University, where he studied Electrical Engineering/Computer Science and History.


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