Mr. Bryan Tramont

Council Member Biography

Bryan Tramont is Partner at Wilkinson Barker Knauer in Washington, DC, where his areas of practice includes telecommunications law, mass media law, and administrative law. Previously, he served as Chief of Staff of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under former Chairman Michael Powell. As FCC Chief of Staff, Mr. Tramont directed the agency’s staff in implementing FCC policies overseeing all sectors of the communications industry; including wireline, broadcast, wireless and satellite. Before being elevated by Chairman Powell to the Chief of Staff post, he was the Chairman’s Senior Legal Advisor, advising him generally on strategic issues and specifically on wireless, international, technology, and consumer issues. Mr. Tramont also served as Senior Legal Advisor to Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy and, before that, to Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth. Before joining the FCC in 1999, he practiced communications law at Wiley Rein & Fielding. Mr. Tramont is currently an adjunct law professor at The Catholic University of America as a part of the Communications Law Institute and is a visiting lecturer adjunct at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the author of numerous articles on communications policy and is a frequent speaker and lecturer at academic and industry events. Mr. Tramont is also a member of the Federalist Society and served on the Executive Committee of the Federal Communications Bar Association. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2005 - Unspecified

Partner, WILKINSON, BARKER, KNAUER, L.L.P.

1999 - 2005

Chief of Staff, Federal Communications Commission