Georgetown Law Center names Ashkan Soltani, ex-FTC, distinguished fellow, Institute for Technology Law & Policy and for Center on Privacy & Technology ... Mark Shade, from state House Appropriations Committee, becomes press secretary, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.
Viacom and CBS say that DeDe Lea will be executive vice president-global public policy and government relations, ViacomCBS, on closing of CBS buying Viacom; she now has similar job at Viacom; also when deal completed, top CBS lobbyist John Orlando will leave; he's executive vice president-global government affairs ... Copyright Office names Cassandra Sciortino 2019-21 early-career copyright lawyer Ringer Copyright Honors Program fellow.
NBCUniversal moves Universal Television and Universal Content Productions under NBCU Content Studios, with Bonnie Hammer assuming new title of chairman and George Cheeks, vice chairman; names Matt Strauss, from Comcast, chairman of Peacock, also with responsibility for digital enterprises ... SiriusXM hires Denise Karkos, from TD Ameritrade, as chief marketing officer ... Cogeco appoints Frank van der Post, from KPN, president, Atlantic Broadband, effective Nov. 4.
Garvey Schubert combines with Foster Pepper to create Forster Garvey; continuing from Garvey Schubert’s communications, broadcast and media law practice: Brad Deutsch, Melodie Virtue, Lawrence Miller, Amy Lin, Art Harding, Benjamin Lambiotte, John Crigler and Erwin Krasnow ... Former Dickinson Wright entertainment practice lawyers join Loeb & Loeb: Derek Crownover, partner; Cam Caldwell, Robert Kouchoukos and Noah McPike, all senior counsel; and associates Nate Drake and Colleen Kelley.
Crowell & Moring hires Michelle Gitlitz, ex-Blank Rome, as partner, heading blockchain and digital asset practice ... Kilpatrick Townsend names James Cleary, ex-Mintz Levin, rejoining the firm, named partner-intellectual property, and Christian Hawthorne, ex-Miller Nash, associate-trademark and copyright.
Erik Hower and Carol Wilner returning to AT&T as vice presidents, respectively for global public affairs and for constituency relations ... Atheria Law launches insurance-focused firm with founding partners including Joan D’Ambrosio and Julie Choi Hawkinson, both technology, media, intellectual property; Jamison Narbaitz, cyber and privacy, technology errors and omissions, media liability and data breach; and Christina Terplan, technology, IP and privacy law, all from Clyde ... CPB names Kimberly Howell, from Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, inspector general, replacing Mary Mitchelson, who retired in April.
Federal Emergency Management Agency acting Chief Component Human Capital Officer Bridget Bean (see this section, Aug. 28) becomes FEMA assistant administrator-grants programs ... Washington state Utilities and Transportation Commission moves Amy Andrews to director-policy ... AT&T Senior Vice President-Global and External Public Affairs Margaret Peterlin (see this section, July 10) leaves following two-month stay to advise Jim Cicconi (see this section, Sept. 17).
Neustar taps Brian McCann, ex-NetScout, for executive vice president and president-security solutions, and Lee Kirschbaum, ex-Opus, is senior vice president-communications solutions and corporate business development; both join Executive Committee ... Wireless Broadband Alliance moves Tiago Rodrigues to CEO, replacing Shrikant Shenwai, "who will continue working closely with WBA and the wireless industry" ... Future of Privacy Forum adds Robbert van Eijk, ex-Dutch Data Protection Authority, as managing director-FPF operations in Europe.
AT&T's Chris Sambar moves up to executive vice president, AT&T Technology Operations, and Jason Porter to senior vice president, FirstNet program at the company, succeeding Sambar ... Glen Echo Group adds Connor Farry as associate and Jada Harkins Andrews as communications coordinator; they are or were at George Washington University.
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Chief of Staff Mark Isakowitz departs for Google; Portman elevates Kevin Smith to chief of staff and Emily Benavides succeeds Smith as communications director; Google hires Isakowitz to run its Washington public policy office; company says he's named vice president and head-government affairs and public policy, U.S. and Canada ... Meredith promotes General Counsel-Local Media Group Joshua Pila to general counsel-local media and entertainment.