Sandler Travis hired Steven Brotherton, previously with Fragomen Worldwide, to lead the law firm's Export Controls and Sanctions practice in San Francisco, Sandler Travis said (here). Fragomen and Sandler Travis will also collaborate on export control matters in the future, the firm said.
Former U.S. Trade Representative Ronald Kirk, now with law firm Gibson Dunn, will join the Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation board of directors, the company said (here).
Baker Botts has hired Lisa Kattan, previously senior investigative attorney in the International Trade Commission Office of Unfair Import Investigations, the law firm said (here).
Angela Collins of Willson International was elected chair of the Canadian Society of Customs Brokers at the CSCB National Conference on Sept. 26. The previous chair, Kim Campbell of mkmarin trade services, remains on the CSCB board in the position of immediate past chair.
Sandler Travis hired Domenic Veneziano, previously director of the Food and Drug Administration Division of Import Operations, as an "independent" consultant, the law firm said (here). Veneziano retired from FDA over the summer (see 1607270026).
Adams Lee, previously with White & Case in Washington, D.C., joined Harris Moure in Seattle last month. Lee has experience in antidumping and countervailing duty cases and other issues, Harris Moure partner Bill Perry said in a blog post (here).
FormerFedsGroup hired Janet Labuda, previously CBP director, Textile/Apparel Policy and Programs Division, as an international trade and customs compliance consultant, the company said in a news release (here). Labuda will "also oversee FormerFedsGroup trade compliance training programs" and "set the protocols that apply to the trade components" of the company's compliance software product.
The Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws appointed Thomas Sneeringer, who most recently worked in the trade practice at Skadden Arps, executive director, the CSUSTL said in an emailed news release. Sneeringer will work on both the organizational and the advocacy activities for the group in the new part-time position. The CSUSTL works to maintain and improve trade remedy law enforcement on behalf its membership, which include companies, trade associations and labor unions.
Akin Gump added Joshua Teitelbaum, previously deputy assistant secretary of Commerce for Textiles, Consumer Goods and Materials with the International Trade Administration, as counsel in the firm's public law and policy practice in Washington, it said in a news release (here). Teitelbaum helped on several trade agreement discussions during his time at Commerce, the law firm said.
The National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones appointed Erik Autor president, the NAFTZ said in a news release (here). Autor most recently worked as an international business consultant and was international trade counsel at the National Retail Federation before that, the NAFTZ said.