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Board of Real Property Assessments and Appeals for the District of Columbia Jeffrey S. Hops Confirmation Resolution for 2001
PR 14-451

Chairman Linda W. Cropp at the request of the Mayor

A PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

To confirm the appointment of Mr. Jeffrey S. Hops to the Board of Real Property Assessments and Appeals for the District of Columbia.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. That this resolution may be cited as the "Board of Real Property Assessments and Appeals for the District of Columbia Jeffrey S. Hops Confirmation Resolution of-2 001 ".

Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:

Mr. Jeffrey S. Hops
1601 18th Street, N.W., Apt. # 207
Washington, D.C. 20009
(Ward 2)

as a member of the Board of Real Property Assessments and Appeals for the District of Columbia, established by D.C. Official Code § 47-82.01, replacing Norma J. Martin, whose term ended December 31, 2000, for a term to end July 31, 2005.

Sec. 3. The Secretary to the Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, each to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.

Jeffrey S. Hops
1601 18TH Street, NW, Apt. 207, Washington, D.C., 20009, jeffhops@yahoo.com, (202) 588-9258

OBJECTIVE

To take on new challenges and utilize my legal, legislative, regulatory and policy experience in a private sector position.

EDUCATION

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW. Juris Doctor, New York, NY, 1991
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL, M.P.A., Princeton, N1, 1991
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE, B.A. With Distinction In Political Science, Swarthmore, PA, 1983

EXPERIENCE

ATTORNEY ADVISOR, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, MD

Practice areas: Administrative law; Social Security Act. Advise federal agency on implementation of Medicare and Medicaid programs. 1999-Present.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY ANALYST. Fairfax County Government, Fairfax, VA

Practice Areas: Telecommunications (cable, broadcast, satellite, common cattier); Local Government Authority and Federal preemption; Franchise; and Land Use regulation. Advise county officials regarding implementation of 1996 Telecommunications Act at local level, legal and technological developments in the telecommunications, cable, computer, broadcast and information technology industries. 1997-1998.

DIRECTOR. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, Alliance for Community Media, Washington, D.C.

Practice Areas: Telecommunications (cable, broadcast, satellite, common carrier); First Amendment; Utilities Regulation; Local Government Authority and Federal preemption; Franchise and Land Use. Active specialization in passage and implementation of 1996 Telecommunications Act, including regulatory comments and FCC oversight. Significant experience with cable, OVS, universal service, and local government authority provisions of 1996 Act.

LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Washington, D.C.

Committee Staff. House Judiciary Committee; Jurisdiction included telecommunications, commercial, administrative and criminal law; immigration; gun control; Constitutional law; civil rights. Other issue areas included tax; budget, hashing, insurance. Responsibilities included speechwriting, legislative analysis and drafting, constituent services, and correspondence. 1994.

LAW INSTRUCTOR/CONSULTANT New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria

Teaching: Taught undergraduate courses in American Constitutional Law, International Comparative Law, International Business Transactions, Public Administration, and Modern Politics) Philosophy.
Consultation: Advised University administration on curriculum and development issues in its Law and Public Administration schools. 1991-1993.

ATTORNEY-ADVISOR, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Washington, D.C.

Practice areas: Federal civil and bankruptcy litigation; administrative law; ERISA Title 1V. 1991-1992.

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR. Rep. Jim Moody (D-WI), Washington, D.C.

Managerial/Administrative: Managed Congress member's constituent communications strategy, including supervision of all constituent correspondence, newsletter production, targeted mailings, and constituent information systems; Supervised data entry staff of three.
Legislative: Jurisdiction included education, energy, historic preservation, arts (legislative assistant), tax and budget (legislative correspondent)- Responsibilities included speechwriting, legislative analysis and drafting, constituent services, and correspondence. 1986-1987.

PUBLICATIONS

Hops, "Red Lion in Winter: First Amendment and Equal Protection Concerns in the Allocation of Direct Broadcast Satellite Public Interest Channels," 6 Catholic U. CommLaw Conspectus 105 (Spring 1998).
Hops, "The Non-Forum Forum: Content and Control of Public Access Channels on Cable Television After Denver Area Educational Telecommunications Consortium v. FCC" 5 N.Y.L.S. Rev. of Media L. & Policy 15 (Spring 1997).
Hops, Successfully Negotiating a Franchise Renewal, Alliance for Community Media, Washington, D.C., 1996.
Hops, ed., A Progressive Future for America: The Final Report of the Democratic Party Project, Princeton, NJ., Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School, 1991.

Professional:

Admitted in the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania.
Member, D.C. Bar (Telecommunications Section; Real Estate, Housing and Land Use Section).