6 noteworthy in-house career moves
Charting some of the most recent GC and in-house appointments
May 08, 2013 at 04:00 AM
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GC Appointments
Syracuse University named Dickens “Deke” Mathieu senior vice president and general counsel. Mathieu is currently senior legal counsel at Tufts University. He previously served as a U.S. attorney at the Department of Justice and worked in the labor and employment practice of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. He replaces outgoing Syracuse GC Thomas Evans, who will retire June 30.
Ira Parker was appointed executive vice president and general counsel of Catalina Marketing. Parker joins the company from Zink Imaging Inc., where he was co-CEO and president. He previously was the executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for AOL Inc. His prior work experience also includes stints at Polaroid Corp.—where he served as GC—Genuity, GTE Internetworking and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Information and analytics provider Neustar Inc. named Leonard Kennedy senior vice president and general counsel. Kennedy most recently served as the senior advisor to the director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he previously was associate director and general counsel. He also has in-house experience, having previously served as the senior vice president and general counsel of SprintNextel Corp.
Maura Abeln Smith is now executive vice president, general counsel and general secretary of Delhaize Group, a Belgium-based international food retailer. Over her 30-year career, Smith has occupied the GC spot at companies including PepsiCo Inc., International Paper Co., Owens Corning Corp. and General Electric Co.'s Plastics Division.
Law Firm News
Peter Reyes joined Barnes & Thornburg as a partner in the firm's intellectual property department. Reyes previously was a senior intellectual property lawyer at Cargill Inc., where he served as the company's regional intellectual property coordinator for Latin America from 2005 to 2008.
Jones Walker hired former General Electric Co. attorney John Fletcher as a partner in its tax and estates practice group. At GE, Fletcher oversaw many of the company's income and franchise tax audits as state tax counsel. He previously was a member of KPMG's state and local tax practice. He also will serve as a member of Jones Walker's state and local tax (SALT) team.
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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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