The Aluminum Association hired Lauren Wilk, previously director of trade policy at the National Association of Manufacturers, as vice president of policy and international trade, the group said in a news release.
Akin Gump hired Stephanie Freundel, previously a trade and customs associate with KPMG, as senior trade and customs specialist, the law firm said in a press release.
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific Barbara Weisel is retiring after 13 years in the role and 23 years at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the agency announced. Weisel is joining Rock Creek Global Advisors as a managing director, the economic policy advisory firm said.
Commissioner Joseph Mohorovic is leaving the Consumer Product Safety Commission effective Oct. 20, he said during a CPSC hearing on Oct. 18. Mohorovic will join Dentons as a principal in the law firm's federal regulatory compliance practice, he said. The departure of Mohorovic, a Republican who began his term in 2014, leaves the commission split 3-1 in favor of Democrats, according to a post on the law firm Mintz Levin's blog Consumer Product Matters.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-UK Business Council named Morgan Stanley International CEO Robert Rooney its chairman on Oct. 16, the chamber announced.
Baker McKenzie hired Jon Cowley, previously assistant general counsel for customs and international trade at Nike, as a partner in its International Commercial and Trade Practice Group, the law firm said in a news release. Cowley will relocate from Oregon and will be based out of the firm's Hong Kong office, Baker McKenzie said.
Mayer Brown hired John McInerney, previously chief counsel for trade enforcement and compliance at the Commerce Department, as counsel in the international trade practice, the law firm said in an email. McInerney was "involved in almost every major administrative proceeding, negotiation, litigation and dispute relating to" antidumping and countervailing duty matters between 2000 and 2017, according to his bio on the firm's site.
Karen Groff took over as president of Roanoke Insurance Group effective Oct. 1, the company said in an emailed press release. Groff, who previously was executive vice president of operations, replaces Bill Sterrett as president, the company said. Sterrett will remain as chairman of the company, it said.
President Donald Trump intends to nominate Dennis Devaney and Randolph Stayin to be commissioners on the International Trade Commission, the White House announced. Devaney’s term would expire June 16, 2023, and Stayin’s term would expire June 16, 2026. The White House said Devaney is currently an attorney with the Varnum law firm, and Barnes & Thornburg’s website says Stayin is "of counsel (retired)" at the firm. Additionally, the White House said Trump intends to nominate Nazakhtar Nikakhtar to be an assistant secretary of commerce for industry and analysis for the International Trade Administration. Nikakhtar is an international trade lawyer at Cassidy Levy.
President Donald Trump on Sept. 29 sent to the Senate the nomination of Dana Baiocco to be a commissioner on the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the White House announced.