Paul Cappuccio Named America OnlineGeneral Counsel
July 29, 1999 03:21 PM
DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 1999--America Online, Inc. AOL today announced the appointment of Paul Cappuccio as Senior Vice President and General Counsel.
Cappuccio comes to AOL from Kirkland & Ellis, where he is a senior partner in the firm's Washington, DC office, leading its telecommunications practice and appellate group. Before joining Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in 1993, Cappuccio served as Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Justice Department, working for then Attorney General Bill Barr from 1991 to 1993.
"Paul is an outstanding legal talent who will be a great addition to the AOL team," said America Online Vice Chairman Kenneth Novack. "As a clerk for two Supreme Court Justices, a senior official at the Department of Justice, and a partner at one of the nation's leading law firms, Paul has distinguished himself with his penetrating intellect and mastery of the law. He has been a trusted advisor to important telecommunication companies, and he brings to AOL an extraordinary record of rigorous and ground-breaking legal analysis as well as an impressive understanding of all aspects of telecommunications law."
Continued Novack, "Paul has the legal expertise and the vision to help guide us through the next wave of growth in interactive services. He is one of the top lawyers in the country and we are very pleased that he is joining our team."
At Kirkland & Ellis, Cappuccio represented several large corporations, including leading telecommunications companies, such as GTE and Bell Atlantic. In addition to representing GTE on numerous major matters, Cappuccio has served as outside counsel assisting GTE in its efforts to obtain regulatory approval for its pending merger with Bell Atlantic. Cappuccio is as an expert on implementation of the 1996 Telecommunications Act and other telecommunications issues.
Cappuccio said, "I'm very excited about becoming a part of the Company that is bringing the mass market online and improving people's lives by providing new ways to get information and communicate with one another. As this new industry matures, it will encounter both traditional and unprecedented legal issues and challenges. AOL has one of the finest legal departments in the country. I look forward to working with the talented lawyers at AOL to help shape a legal framework that will allow the online medium to realize its full potential and to continue its rapid growth in the United States and internationally."
Prior to working at the Department of Justice, Cappuccio clerked for Judge Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and for Supreme Court Associate Justices Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy. He also spent two years in the Washington, DC and Cleveland offices of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue.
Cappuccio has taught extensively, serving as an Adjunct Professor at some of the nation's leading law schools. Most recently, he has taught Telecommunications Law at Columbia University School of Law. Previously, he taught Administrative Law at Georgetown University Law Center and Separation of Powers at University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law.
Cappuccio graduated from Georgetown University, summa cum laude, and from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, where he was a notes editor on the Harvard Law Review. He is member of the Board of Directors and serves as General Counsel for the Washington Scholarship Fund.
About America Online, Inc.
Founded in 1985, America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Virginia, is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies, and e-commerce services.
America Online, Inc. operates: two worldwide Internet services, America Online, with more than 17 million members, and CompuServe, with approximately 2 million members; several leading Internet brands including ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger and Digital City, Inc.; the Netscape Netcenter and AOL.COM portals; the Netscape Navigator and Communicator browsers; and AOL MovieFone, the nation's largest movie listing guide and ticketing service.
Through its strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems, the Company develops and offers easy-to-deploy, end-to-end e-commerce and enterprise solutions for companies operating in the Net Economy.
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