GC Appointments

Staples named Michael Williams senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, effective Nov. 7. Williams most recently was executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of Sony Electronics Inc. His prior work experience also includes stints as a partner at Heller Ehrman and Andrews Kurth.


Thomas Moriarty was named executive vice president and general counsel of CVS Caremark. Moriarity comes to the company from Celgene Corp., where he was general counsel and a member of the company's management committee. He also held the GC spot at Medco Health Solutions Inc., prior to which he worked in Merck & Co.'s Office of General Counsel.


Bradley Lerman joined Fannie Mae as general counsel, effective Oct. 1. Lerman previously was chief litigation counsel, senior vice president and associate general counsel at Pfizer Inc. Before joining Pfizer, Lerman was a partner and co-chair of Winston & Strawn's white collar defense practice group. He replaces Judith Dunn, who has served as interim general counsel since former GC Timothy Mayopoulos was promoted to CEO of the agency in June.