GC Appointments

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. appointed Karen Roberts executive vice president and general counsel. Roberts has worked for the retailer for 17 years, most recently overseeing its real estate operations as executive vice president and president, Walmart Realty for Walmart U.S. She previously was senior vice president and chief compliance officer for Walmart U.S., and vice president and general counsel for U.S. real estate and construction.

Catherine Kilbane joined Sherwin-Williams Co. as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. She comes to the company after nine years at American Greetings Corp., where she held the same title. Before her tenure at American Greetings, Kilbane was a partner at Baker Hostetler, where she specialized in commercial and intellectual property issues.

Citizens Energy Group named Jennett Hill vice president and general counsel, effective Feb. 1. Hill most recently was a partner at Faegre Baker Daniels, where she provided various legal services to her new employers. Before joining the firm 12 years ago, Hill spent a decade at IBM, where she was a systems engineer, systems design consultant and regional manager.