Patricia Diaz Dennis will resign her seat...

Patricia Diaz Dennis will resign her seat at the Federal Communications Commission on Sept. 30 to return to private law practice. Dennis, a Democrat, said she will join the Washington law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue as partner and chairwoman of its communications section. She said she had asked President Bush not to consider her for reappointment to the FCC post she has held since June, 1986. Prior to joining the FCC, Dennis was a member of the National Labor Relations Board from May 5, 1983, to June 24, 1986. From June, 1979, to May, 1983, she was an assistant general attorney with American Broadcasting Co.’s department of labor relations and legal affairs in Los Angeles.