WASHINGTON, D.C. – James M. Assey, Jr., former Senior Democratic Counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee and an accomplished attorney and government aide, has been named Executive Vice President for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA).  Assey will begin his duties on February 1st. 

Assey will report to Kyle McSlarrow, President & CEO, NCTA.  As NCTA’s second most senior executive, Assey will be involved in all aspects of NCTA’s work on behalf of the cable industry.  He succeeds David Krone, who recently joined Comcast Corporation as Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs.

“Throughout his professional career, James has demonstrated deep and insightful knowledge of telecommunications issues as well as great personal integrity.  Widely respected on both sides of the aisle and at the FCC, James will represent our industry at a very high level.  We are delighted to welcome him to the NCTA team,” McSlarrow said.

Assey served on the staff of the Senate Commerce Committee from 2001 until his departure at the end of December, 2007, serving first as Telecommunications Counsel for former U. S. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC) and most recently as Senior Democratic Counsel on Communications and Media Issues for the Committee chaired by U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI).  Prior to that time, he held positions as Communications Associate in the Washington, D.C. office  of Willkie Farr & Gallagher; Law Clerk for the Honorable Cameron M. Currie in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina; and as Legislative Assistant to Sen. Hollings. 

Assey is a graduate of Stanford University and Georgetown University Law School.  He was awarded the Annenberg Fellowship to Eton College, England and taught English and American literature, as well as American politics and culture.  He currently teaches communications law as an adjunct faculty member of Georgetown University Law School.

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