 SCIARRINO
& Shubert , PLLC
BROADCAST
LEGAL SERVICES
DAWN M. SCIARRINO, ESQ.
Dawn M. Sciarrino is the Managing Member of SCIARRINO & SHUBERT, PLLC.
She has been engaged in the private practice of communications, media
and broadcast law since 1990. Ms. Sciarrino has particular experience
in broadcast regulation, political advertising, multiple ownership and
broadcast transactions. She represents broadcasters big and small
including state broadcasters’ associations, local broadcasters,
non-commercial broadcasters and publicly traded companies alike.
Ms. Sciarrino is a member of the Board of Directors of the Kentucky
Broadcasters Association the Board of Director of the Media Financial
Management Association (“MFM”) (formerly, the Broadcast
Cable Financial Management Association (“BCFM”)). She also
sits on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Financial Manager magazine.
She is an associate member of the Association of Federal Communications
Consulting Engineers and is a member of the Federal Communications Bar
Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Virginia State Bar,
and the District of Columbia Bar.
Ms. Sciarrino is admitted to the bars of District of Columbia, New York,
and Virginia, and is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit. Ms. Sciarrino is a graduate of Ithaca
College (B.A. History 1985) and the Columbus School of Law at the
Catholic University of America (J.D. 1990), where she was a member of the
Institute for Communications Law Studies. Ms. Sciarrino also clerked in
the Fairness/Political Programming Branch of the Mass Media Bureau at the
Federal Communications Commission, and is a graduate of the American
Campaign Academy.
Ms. Sciarrino is a frequent presenter at media trade events such as the
National Association of Broadcasters (“NAB”) Convention, NAB
Radio Show, state broadcast association meetings nationwide and the NAB
Education Foundation Broadcast Leadership Training Program. In May 2008,
BCFM awarded Ms. Sciarrino its “Working Capital Award” for
dedicated contribution to the education of the Association’s membership
and Sully District of the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts
of America awarded her its “Unit Scouter Award” in recognition
of her exceptional service to the Scouting program. A distinguished
authority on political broadcasting regulation, in the mid-1990’s
Ms. Sciarrino was a nationally recognized political consultant and was
awarded a “Polly” by the American Association of Political
Consultants for the best radio advertisement in a congressional campaign.
Prior to her legal career she was also a press secretary, campaign advisor,
assistant media buyer and Congressional Page.
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