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Randolph J. May

Randolph J. May is founder and president of the Free State Foundation, an independent free-market-oriented think tank.

His work focuses on communications policy, administrative law, constitutional law, and regulatory reform, particularly issues involving telecommunications and the digital economy.

Before founding the Free State Foundation, May was a senior fellow and director of communications policy studies at the Progress & Freedom Foundation. Earlier, he practiced communications, administrative, and regulatory law as a partner at national law firms. He also served at the Federal Communications Commission as assistant general counsel and associate general counsel.

May has held numerous leadership roles in the legal profession, including chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and has served as a public member and senior fellow of the Administrative Conference of the United States.

He is the author of "A Call for a Radical New Communications Policy: Proposals for Free Market Reform." He is co-author of "Modernizing Copyright Law in the Digital Age – Constitutional Foundations for Reform," "A Reader on Net Neutrality and Restoring Internet Freedom," "#CommActUpdate: A Communications Law Fit for the Digital Age," and "The Constitutional Foundations of Intellectual Property." He is editor of "Communications Law and Policy in the Digital Age: The Next Five Years" and "New Directions in Communications Policy," and co-editor of "Net Neutrality or Net Neutering: Should Broadband Internet Services Be Regulated?" and "Communications Deregulation and FCC Reform."

He earned a bachelor’s from Duke University and a J.D. from Duke Law School.