Rebecca Arbogast
Principal, Stifel Nicolaus
Rebecca Arbogast is Principal of Stifel Nicolaus's communications and tech regulatory group. She provides advice to institutional investors on legal and regulatory issues affecting communications industries, including spectrum, intellectual property, and antitrust.
She joined Stifel Nicolaus's predecessor firm, Legg Mason Capital Markets, from the Federal Communications Commission where she was Chief of the International Bureau Telecommunications Division. She led an office of attorneys, economists, and engineers, represented the FCC's domestic communications policies in international meetings, provided technical and strategic advice on communications trade issues, and shaped the agency's policies for international communications services.
Before joining the FCC, Ms. Arbogast served in the Office of Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice, providing legal advice to the White House, Attorney General, and Executive Branch agencies. She began her legal practice as a corporate attorney with the Washington D.C. law firm of Wilmer, Cutler, and Pickering, representing clients in litigation, international arbitrations, and transactions.
Ms. Arbogast received her JD from the Yale Law School and her MA from the University of Iowa. She teaches Constitutional Law at Johns Hopkins School of Public Policy. She clerked on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and was the first Fulbright Fellow in European Community Law, studying and teaching in London.
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Biography last updated May 2008