Communications Personals
Facebook hires Jennifer Newstead, from State Department, as general counsel, replacing Colin Stretch, staying through summer to help with transition, and John Pinette, ex-Vulcan Inc., as vice president-global communications, succeeding Caryn Marooney, leaving (see this section, Feb. 8) ... Greenberg Traurig names Robert King, ex-Hunton Andrews, shareholder, intellectual property and technology practice ... Lathrop Gage adds John Keyes, ex-Sunstein Kann, as of counsel-IP transactions and litigator Amy Burke, ex-Theodora Oringher, as associate-IP litigation.
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today!
Democratic National Committee hires Nellwyn Thomas as chief technology officer, advances Kat Atwater to deputy CTO ... DTI appoints Michael Katz, ex-StubHub, chief revenue officer ... Neustar appoints Gregg Galletta, ex-ALC Digital, vice president-data strategy.
Lobbyist registrations: Fiplex Communications, J.C. Watts on 5G, secure telecom services and “federally funded” building and telecom systems, effective April 1 ... Zillow, on its own behalf, on data security, privacy and other issues, effective March 15 ... Advanced Technology Systems, O’Brien Gentry, effective March 11 ... Equifax, Cozen O’Connor, effective March 6 ... American Civil Liberties Union, Bergen & Parkinson on online privacy, effective March 4 ... Datron World Communications, O’Brien Gentry, effective March 4 ... Intel, Subject Matter, effective March 1 ... Paul Weiss on behalf of Qualcomm, American Continental Group, effective March 1 ... Sprint, Covington & Burlington on T-Mobile’s proposed purchase of the carrier, effective Feb. 4 ... Sinclair, Wilmer Cutler, effective Jan. 28 ... Rivada, Karl Rove, effective Jan. 8 (see 1904220024) ... Rivada, Bachner Group, effective Jan. 1 ... Rural Media Group, Gordley Associates, effective Jan. 1.