Philip Verveer, Former FCC Senior Counsel and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Joins Venable's Regulatory Practice in Washington

Venable LLP announced that Philip L. Verveer has joined the firm's Regulatory practice as senior counsel in Washington (DC) where he will focus on antitrust and domestic and international communications law and policy. Most recently, Verveer served in two separate capacities during the Obama Administration, as Senior Counselor to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 2013 to 2017 and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and US Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, with ambassadorial rank, from 2009 to 2013. Verveer earned his JD from the University of Chicago Law School and his BSFS from Georgetown University. He also served in the US Army as a captain in military intelligence.