Peter S. Hyun, Acting Enforcement Bureau Chief
Peter S. Hyun currently serves as the Acting Chief for the Enforcement Bureau.
Peter joined the FCC Enforcement Bureau after serving in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in a variety of senior roles, advising DOJ’s top leadership as Acting Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legislative Affairs, where he worked to develop and implement strategies to advance the Department’s legislative initiatives, manage oversight obligations, and navigate executive nominations in matters before Congress. Before that role, Peter served as Chief of Staff to the Associate Attorney General, where he helped oversee the DOJ litigating components (including the Civil Rights Division, Antitrust Division, and Civil Division) and grantmaking components.
Peter also previously served on Capitol Hill as chief counsel to Senator Dianne Feinstein on the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, advising the Senator on law enforcement and tech issues, including Stored Communications Act and Electronic Communications Privacy Act issues, internet gambling, internet gaming, asset forfeiture, False Claims Act enforcement, money laundering, cybercrime, firearms, juvenile justice, domestic violence, and human trafficking.
In addition to his Capitol Hill experience, Peter previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia’s U.S. Attorney’s Office investigating and litigating fraud cases, and working with federal agents from numerous federal agencies, including: the FBI, GSA, SBA, FDIC, DOL, and DoD, and a federal judicial law clerk in the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago). He also previously served in state government as an Assistant Attorney General in the New York Attorney General’s office and in private practice where he advised clients on compliance, litigation, and investigations matters.