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
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
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