6 noteworthy in-house career moves
Charting some of the most recent GC and in-house appointments
September 11, 2013 at 06:09 AM
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GC Appointments
Twitter is gearing up for its potential initial public offering next year, and it will do so with a new head of the legal team. Alexander Macgillivray is stepping down from the position to pursue other opportunities, and Vijaya Gadde will step up to take his place as Twitter's new GC. Gadde joined Twitter as legal director in 2011 and previously worked for almost 10 years at the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. has announced that Marcia Backus will become the company's vice president and general counsel starting on Oct. 1. Ms. Backus is currently a partner at Vinson & Elkins in Houston, where she heads the firm's Energy Transactions/Projects Practice group. Occidental says she was named 2012 Lawyer of the Year in mergers and acquisitions by The Best Lawyers in America.
After just over a year at the top legal position with PNC Financial Services Group Inc., the largest bank in Pittsburgh, Pa., Robert Hoyt will move to British bank Barclays as group general counsel starting in October. Hoyt originally moved to PNC in 2009 after serving as general counsel for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. PNC has named Kieran Fallon as acting general counsel in Hoyt's stead.
Consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has named Nancy Laben as the company's newest general counsel and executive vice president. Laben comes to Booz Allen from engineering and design company AECOM Industries, where she served as the company's general counsel. She has also served in the law departments at Accenture and IBM during her career.
For years, Frank Ceglar has been the face of Farmers Insurance, most recently serving as GC after a 36-year career with the company. But with Ceglar's retirement comes change, and Steven Weinstein has been named Farmers' next general counsel. Weinstein comes to Farmers from the private practice firm Barger & Wolen, where he formerly served as chairman.
Other In-House Career Moves
Valerie Caproni, former general counsel for the FBI from 2003 through 2011, is now moving to another top legal government job. The Senate approved Caproni for appointment to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Sept. 8 by a vote of 73-24, with three senators not voting. President Obama originally appointed Caproni for the position in November 2012.
GC Appointments
Twitter is gearing up for its potential initial public offering next year, and it will do so with a new head of the legal team. Alexander Macgillivray is stepping down from the position to pursue other opportunities, and Vijaya Gadde will step up to take his place as Twitter's new GC. Gadde joined Twitter as legal director in 2011 and previously worked for almost 10 years at the law firm
After just over a year at the top legal position with
Consulting firm
For years, Frank Ceglar has been the face of Farmers Insurance, most recently serving as GC after a 36-year career with the company. But with Ceglar's retirement comes change, and Steven Weinstein has been named Farmers' next general counsel. Weinstein comes to Farmers from the private practice firm
Other In-House Career Moves
Valerie Caproni, former general counsel for the FBI from 2003 through 2011, is now moving to another top legal government job. The Senate approved Caproni for appointment to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
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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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