Richard E. Wiley
A member of the Republican Party,[1] he supported increased competition and lower regulations in the communications sector.Wiley played a pivotal role in the development of HDTV in the United States, serving from 1987 to 1995 as chairman of the FCC's Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service.Wiley graduated with distinction from Northwestern University, where he earned BS and JD degrees.In 1983, Wiley founded the Washington, D.C., law firm Wiley Rein LLP, home to more than 275 lawyers practicing in almost two-dozen areas of law including communications, government contracts, insurance, international trade, public policy and litigation.He has been called the "Father of High-Definition television" (The Globe and Mail), the "most influential media and telecommunications lawyer in the United States" (the International Herald Tribune) and one of the top "100 Men of the Century" (Broadcasting & Cable).