The National LGBT Bar Association named Wesley Bizzell and Jesse Loffler to new leadership positions. Bizzell, senior assistant general counsel for Altria Client Services Inc., is the new president of its board of directors; and Loffler, a complex commercial litigator at Cozen O'Connor in Pittsburgh, is president-elect of its foundation board of directors.

The LGBT Bar will celebrate their new roles with an inaugural event April 25 in Washington, D.C.

Bizzell oversees political law and ethics, and external affairs such as lobbying for Altria Group Inc. and its companies, which include Philip Morris USA Inc. Based in Washington, D.C., he has been with Altria since 2007.