• James Berklas appointed Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Barnes Group, Inc.

Before joining Barnes Group, Mr. Berklas served as Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Associate Corporate Secretary for Herbalife, Ltd. in Los Angeles, California from 2008 to 2015. [Source]

• Samuel Cooper appointed In-House Counsel of Harrisburg School District (PA) [Source]

• A. Verona Dorch named Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Government Affairs and Corporate Secretary of Peabody Energy.

Dorch has more than 20 years of legal experience counseling diverse global businesses, including more than 10 years as in-house counsel for Harsco Corporation, a leading global industrial services company. [Source]

• Glenn S. Gerstell was sworn in today as the General Counsel of the National Security Agency (NSA).

He practiced for nearly 40 years at the international law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, where he served for 18 years as the Managing Partner of Milbank's Washington, D.C., office. [Source]

• Kathleen Gill has been appointed to the position of Chief of Staff for Policy and Government Affairs/Corporation Counsel for the City of New Rochelle.

Ms. Gill began her legal career with a private litigation firm and in 1995 was appointed Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of New Rochelle. [Source]

• Cynthia Hoff Trochu elected as Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Texas Instruments Incorporated.

In addition to serving as general counsel, Cynthia will join TI's management committee and act as Secretary to the Board and Chief Compliance Officer. Cynthia joined TI in 1993, most recently serving as vice president and assistant general counsel since 2003. [Source]

• Noah Mesel appointed General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Executive Vice President, Legal and Government Affairs of Unwired Planet, Inc. 

Mesel joins Unwired Planet from ASSIA Inc., where he oversaw all legal affairs of the company, including advising management and the board on intellectual property protection, commercial and strategic licensing transactions, corporate governance and international business. [Source]

• James Ritt named Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel of Wunderlich Securities.

Ritt’s 30-year securities industry career has included various legal and compliance leadership roles with several regional investment firms. [Source]

• Kim Stollar welcomed as General Counsel and Vice President, Compliance of Aviall, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company.

With more than 19 years of legal experience, Stollar comes to Aviall from Boeing's global law affairs group in Japan where she was Regional Counsel for North Asia. [Source]

• Anne Sabine Zoller promoted to General Counsel and member of the Executive Management team of  Auris Medical Holding AG

Prior to joining Auris Medical in April 2015 as Senior Legal Counsel, Ms Zoller was an attorney in the Corporate/M&A team of Homburger AG, a Zurich based law firm, and later Corporate/M&A Counsel with Straumann Group, a dental implant company headquartered in Basel. [Source]

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- Gina Ponticello

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