Arnold & Porter promotes Wallace Wu to partner and Assad Rajani to counsel, both for Intellectual Property and Technology practice ... FeganScott hires Brooke Achua, ex-Tadler Law, as associate attorney; her expertise includes consumer class actions, antitrust litigation, contract disputes and data privacy and security ... Simpson Thacher hires Antonio Bavasso from Allen & Overy as partner, Antitrust and Trade Regulation practice, with technology, media and telecom clients.
With Adam Candeub leaving NTIA (see 2008100046) for DOJ, NTIA moves Carolyn Roddy to acting administrator; Candeub becomes deputy associate attorney general; Roddy's title is acting deputy assistant secretary of Commerce for communications and information ... Now on Biden-Harris agency review team for FCC is Christiana Ho of the Florida Democratic Party, whose source of funding is listed as "Transition -- PT Fund, Inc." ... Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) appoints Eric Blank to Public Utilities Commission and as chair, with a four-year appointment effective Jan. 11, pending Senate confirmation; he succeeds Commissioner Jeff Ackermann, whose term is ending.
Assistant U.S. Attorney General Beth Williams of Office of Legal Policy departing DOJ, which notes OLP during her tenure "played a lead role in the department’s cyber policies" ... Also moving up at Robins Kaplan to partner (see this section, Dec. 11) is Brandy Worden, who works on issues including cybersecurity, privacy and marketing.
Others at FCC also retiring at year's end (see this section, Dec. 10) as announced at Thursday's commissioners' meeting by Chairman Ajit Pai are Senior Counsel-Number Administration, Wireline Bureau Marilyn Jones; Brock Fakken, IT specialist and webmaster for Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau; and Media Bureau Attorney-Adviser Stephen Svab; and those who retired from the Media Bureau in recent months: Electronics Engineer Gary Loehrs and Industry Analyst Kay Whitfield ... Texas Public Utility Commission Executive Director JP Urban resigns.
Leaving office of FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr is his legal adviser on wireless issues, Will Adams, Carr announces; Adams' last day is Friday, he tells us; Office of Economics and Analytics Deputy Chief Economist Jonathan Levy retiring from commission, Chairman Ajit Pai announces, and Levy tells us his last day is Dec. 31 ... Sidley Austin elects as partner Clayton Northouse, for privacy and cybersecurity ... Robins Kaplan promotes to partner Kevin Pasquinelli, intellectual property litigator who has worked with digital hardware, software, telecom technology and network management software clients ... Likely next House Commerce Committee ranking member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., names Chief of Staff Nate Hodson as committee GOP staff director to begin 117th Congress … Ballard Spahr adds lawyer Benjamin Charkow, ex-Amster Rothstein, as of counsel, intellectual property; his IP practice includes technology and consumer electronics.
Patent and Trademark Office moves Mary Critharis to chief policy officer and director-international affairs, a job she did on acting basis after her predecessor Shira Perlmutter named to lead Copyright Office (see this section, Oct. 22) ... Remitly hires Saema Somalya, ex-Fifth Third Bank, as general counsel, succeeding Aaron Gregory, and adds to the board Bora Chung, Bill.com ... Mattel taps from ViacomCBS Media Networks Jonathan Anschell as executive vice president-chief legal officer and secretary, succeeding Robert Normile, who's continuing until Dec. 31 and remaining an executive adviser into April.
CCUR says CEO Wayne Barr ending leave of absence the board gave him (see this section, June 15) and he's now resigning; HC2 says it names him CEO, a job he did on an interim basis (see this section, June 22) at the spectrum company where he remains on the board ... Rand Technology appointments include moving Kim Fix to chief operating officer-Americas & Europe; and Kevin Sheehan to chief information officer.
Wilkinson Barker adds former Colorado, Denver, and U.S. official Arthur Ortegon as partner; his experience includes government relations, legal, regulatory, political, community investment and external affairs for telecom, transportation and mass media ... Glen Echo Group hires from House Ways and Means Committee staff Dan Rubin as senior director ... TechNet promotes Cameron Demetre to executive director, California and the Southwest.
Womble Bond broadcast radio and TV industry attorney John Garziglia retiring at year's end; law firm continues representing broadcast clients, hires media and telecom attorney Reid Avett, ex-Duane Morris, to help lead these efforts as of counsel, Communications, Technology and Media team ... CPB promotes Kathryn Washington to senior vice president-television content ... Alliance for Automotive Innovation hires Garrick Francis from CSX as vice president-federal affairs; Federal Affairs Senior Director John Ohly adds responsibility for some strategic initiatives.
NTCA elects Fred Johnson, Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, as chairman; Keith Oliver, Home Telephone Co., as vice chairman; and Barry Adair, Wabash Communications Co-Op, as secretary/treasurer ... Optimus Ride taps ex-Verizon Vice President, City Solutions Sean Harrington as CEO and member of its board, replacing co-founder Ryan Chin, who remains at the autonomous vehicle technology systems developer "with responsibility over policy and sustainability initiatives" ... WWE appoints Karen Mullane controller-chief accounting officer; she's ex-corporate controller and interim chief financial officer, Etsy ... Board member Arun Sarin leaves Cisco, which says directors "reduced the size of the Board to nine members effective with Mr. Sarin’s resignation."