8 noteworthy in-house career moves
Charting some of the most recent GC and in-house appointments
January 18, 2012 at 05:30 AM
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GC Appointments
Tom Gerke joined H&R Block as general counsel and senior vice president. He has a wealth of experience in the telecommunications industry—he was formerly CEO of landline telephone company Embarq (a spin-off of Sprint). Before his appointment at H&R Block, he was most recently general counsel at trucking company YRC Worldwide.
Though rumors of this appointment had long been swirling around, News Corp. recently officially announced that Williams & Connolly partner Gerson Zweifach will be taking over as the organization's general counsel and senior vice president, effective Feb. 1. His first order of business will be to deal with the media company's ongoing phone-hacking scandal.
The new owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars named Sashi Brown general counsel, promoting him from his previous role as senior vice president, digital media, and assistant general counsel. Brown is stepping into the GC role following the recent departure of Paul Vance, who had been GC of the Jaguars since the team's inception.
The software development company triCerat, Inc. hired Vasilios Peros as president and general counsel. Peros is also Vice President and General Counsel of Playscreen and Founder of the Law Office of Vasilios Peros. He was previously a partner at Thomas & Libowitz, and adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins University.
Michael Rosner, formerly senior counsel at Loeb & Loeb, joined Relativity Media as general counsel. Rosner is replacing Gregory Shamo, who was promoted from general counsel to co-chief operating officer, along with Happy Walters.
Scott Schwartz will be leaving the intellectual property group at Cozen O'Conner to join his long-time client Dansko LLC as the company's first general counsel. Before he joined Cozen O'Conner, Schwartz served as in-house counsel for Intel Corporation.
Other In-House Moves
Former U.S. Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey is joining HSBC Holdings as chief legal officer. Levey was undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence for the U.S. government during both the Bush and Obama administrations until resigning from his position a year ago.
Eric Grossman was named Morgan Stanley's chief legal officer, after current CLO Frank Barren announced his plans to retire this year. Before his appointment, Grossman served as Morgan Stanley's global head of legal.
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Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
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