James Miller

"I have specialized in technology and law, with experience and skills in U.S.-Japan public policy and business. I am now an Attorney Advisor in the Office of Engineering and Technology at the Federal Communications Commission focusing on wireless and internet regulatory matters. I am also an Adjunct Professor of Law of American University, Washington College of Law, 2004-2006 Mansfield Fellow, and past JET Coordinator for International Relations (CIR) Rotary Youth Exchange Fellow. I publish and do public speaking in Japanese and English for bureaucrats, "bengoshi" lawyers, and engineers alike on topics of technology, law, and international relations.

My work at the FCC focuses on with the regulation of spectrum, Internet policy, and emerging technologies. I have rulemaking experience in spectrum matters related to non-geostationary orbit fixed satellite service, terrestrial fixed and mobile services, software-defined and cognitive radio, and part 15 device certification, and intentional and unintentional radiators. I was a member of the FCC's Spectrum Policy Task Force, and has a strong legal background in copyright law and continues research in the area. As a Mansfield Fellow, I explored Japanese regulatory policies for the information society, particularly focusing on legal and regulatory reforms and spectrum policy, in the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Radio Policy Bureau (MIC), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Office of Senior-Vice Minister Yoshitaka SAKURADA, and the Tokyo District and High Court's Administrative Litigation and Intellectual Property Sections. I a graduated cum laude from the Washington College of Law, American University . I am bilingual in English and Japanese and live in Alexandria, VA with my wife and two children."