Longtime FCC Administrative Law Judge Richard Sippel died Sept. 8 at age 82 at his Kensington, Maryland, home, confirmed his daughter Serra Thursday. She said the cause was complications from a fall. Sippel was the FCC’s chief ALJ for 32 years until his retirement in 2018. Before joining the FCC, Sippel was an ALJ for the Department of Labor and an attorney at the FTC. He also worked as a private attorney and at the SEC. Originally from Jersey City, New Jersey, Sippel moved to the Washington, D.C., area in 1967. He's survived by his wife and three daughters.