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TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1995                            (202) 616-2771
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        JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES NEW ANTITRUST DEPUTY
                      FOR REGULATORY AFFAIRS

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Justice announced today
the appointment of David Turetsky as Deputy Assistant Attorney
General for Regulatory Affairs.
     Anne K. Bingaman, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust
Division, said Turetsky's duties will include supervision of the
Division's efforts with respect to regulated entities, including
the telecommunications industry.  He will oversee civil litigation,
policy, and the filing of regulatory comments in these areas.
     "David Turetsky has immeasurably contributed to the Division's
goals in his work here thus far.  We are fortunate in having
someone so accomplished, dedicated and knowledgeable in this
position," said Bingaman.
     Turetsky came to the Division in October 1993, as Senior
Counsel, and since that time has worked on a variety of legal
policy issues.  He has spearheaded the Division's efforts in the
legislative arena, devoting time both to the International
Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994, and the
telecommunications bills currently under consideration in Congress. 
He was a member of the U.S. government delegation to the G7
Conference on the Information Society in Brussels, Belgium, this
spring.  He also worked on the recently completed agreement between
Ameritech and the Department which allows Ameritech, a local
telephone company, to offer long distance service on a trial basis.
     Prior to his arrival at the Division, Turetsky was a partner
at LeBouef, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, in New York City.  He also
practiced in the firm's Newark, New Jersey, office.
     He received his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago in
1982, where he won the Hinton Moot Court competition, and received
his B.A. magna cum laude from Amherst College.  He also studied at
the London School of Economics and Political Science.  
     Turetsky and his wife Vicki, residents of Hackensack, New
Jersey, before their arrival in Washington D.C., currently live in
Alexandria, Virginia, with their five year old daughter, Kate.
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