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04/16/2009 (Thursday)
No. 09-14


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD VICE CHAIRMAN CHARLES D. NOTTINGHAM NAMES SCOTT M. ZIMMERMAN CHIEF OF STAFF


Surface Transportation Board Vice Chairman Charles D. Nottingham today announced his appointment of Scott M. Zimmerman, Esq. as his chief of staff.


Beginning in January 2007, Mr. Zimmerman served as former Chairman Nottingham's attorney-advisor. Prior to that, he served in the Board's Office of the General Counsel. Before joining the agency, Mr. Zimmerman practiced transportation and regulatory law as a partner at the law firm of Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. in Washington, D.C.


Mr. Zimmerman holds a B.A. in Government from Cornell University (1985) and J.D. from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at The College of William & Mary (1992), where he served on the staff of the William & Mary Law Review. Prior to entering law school, he worked for the U.S. House of Representatives for four years.


Mr. Zimmerman makes his home in Herndon, Virginia with his wife and two children.


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