JEFFREY CARLISLE
Former Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC
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From 2001 to 2005, Jeff Carlisle served as Chief and Senior Deputy Chief of the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau. During that time, he also served as Co-Director of Chairman Powell’s Internet Policy Working Group and as a member of the FCC’s Homeland Security Policy Council. During his tenure at the Commission, Mr. Carlisle developed the Commission’s approach to Voice over Internet Protocol, managed review of applications by Bell Operating Companies for authority to provide interLATA service, and was responsible for the FCC’s policies regarding broadband services, competitive entry into the local exchange market, payphones, and bankruptcies.

From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Carlisle was an associate with the Washington, D.C., office of O’Melveny & Myers, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions of telecommunications companies and competitive entry into local exchange markets. From 2000 to 2001, he practiced law independently, specializing in transactions for telecommunications companies and consumers. Mr. Carlisle is an Honors Graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a B.A. in History, magna cum laude. He received a J.D. from Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Carlisle also received an M.A. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where he focused on international law and the law and policy of international telecommunications.