Delaware's Legislative Council named Michael Morton to the board of directors of the Diamond State Port Corporation, effective July 1. It owns and operates the Port of Wilmington, Del.
Baker & McKenzie hired Jonathan Poling as a partner in the firm's trade compliance practice in Washington. Poling previously worked as a trial lawyer in the Justice Department's National Security Division.
Venable hired Adam Hess as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Hess previously worked Pillsbury Winthrop as chair of the firm's intellectual property litigation practice and has much experience on Section 337 investigations at the International Trade Commission, said Venable.
The Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws named Alan Price, a lawyer at Wiley Rein, as its president, replacing Gilbert Kaplan of King & Spalding. The committee works for manufacturing, technology, agriculture, mining, energy and services sectors and to make sure trade laws are not weakened through legislation or policy decisions in Congress, international negotiations or through dispute settlements at the World Trade Organization, said Wiley Rein.
Former Pillsbury Winthrop lawyer Thomas deButts joined DLA Piper's International Trade and Regulatory and Government Affairs Practices. Before working at Pillsbury, deButts worked as Export Administration Specialist in the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Robert Zoellick to join the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University and the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington DC after he steps down as World Bank president on June 30.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced 11 appointments to the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board. Four of the appointees will serve out the remaining terms for four vacancies, and the other seven appointees will serve full 3-year terms.
Alan Wolff, former deputy U.S. Trade Representative and chairman of the National Foreign Trade Council, joined McKenna Long & Alridge as senior counsel in the firm’s Washington, DC, office. He will be a member of the firm’s international practice focusing on international trade.