Rick C. Chessen - Senior Legal Advisor/Media Advisor
Mr. Chessen serves as Senior Legal Advisor and Media Advisor. Previously at the Commission, Mr. Chessen served as Chair of the FCC’s Digital Television Task Force, Senior Legal Advisor to Commissioner Gloria Tristani, and held several senior positions in the Media and Cable Services Bureaus. Mr. Chessen also spent several years in private practice, including with the firms of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School and his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.