Latham & Watkins advances Brenda Danek, patent litigation, and Inge Osman, intellectual property litigation, to partners and Herman Yue, patent litigation, to counsel ... FCC Media Bureau Video Division Deputy Chief Hossein Hashemzadeh retires Jan. 3 ... CenturyLink moves David Young to senior vice president-newly formed public sector group and Sonia Ramsey to regional vice president-state and local government and education.
Software & Information Industry Association names Michelle Harris, ex-News Media Alliance, vice president-membership and marketing.
Quadra Partners adds as partner Roger Sherman, ex-Waneta Strategies, and engineer Chris Helzer, ex-Nextel ... Congressional Spectrum Caucus co-Chair Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., hires Flynn Rico-Johnson, ex-FirstNet, as tech and telecom policy aide ... Kelley Drye advances Privacy and Information Security Chair Dana Rosenfeld to managing partner, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Lew Rose, retiring.
Davis Wright announces Marisa Brutoco, ex-Google, as partner-technology, privacy and security ... Altice USA promotes Michael Grau to chief financial officer, succeeding Charles Stewart, who becomes CEO, Sotheby’s and remains on Altice USA board and as special adviser to the CEO ... Freewheel appoints Jon Whitticom, from WPP’s GroupM, chief product officer.
Changes in Commissioner Geoffrey Starks' office: Acting Legal Adviser-Wireline and Public Safety Randy Clarke leaving FCC, effective Friday, and not disclosing plans; FCC Attorney-Adviser Gavin Logan detailed to Starks’ office from Wireline Bureau during paternity leave of Michael Scurato; during that time, Logan working on media issues, which Scurato has been doing; FCC Senior Research Librarian Gloria Thomas retires, Chairman Ajit Pai announced at Friday's meeting ... Dan Margolis, ex-FCC, now Verizon compliance counsel.
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission adds Ralph Yanora, ex-Pennsylvania Water Specialties, as commissioner for five-year term, succeeding Norman Kennard, term expired ... Lincoln Network taps Dan Lips, ex-Internet Security Alliance, as director-cyber and national security policy, new position ... NPR adds Noelle LaCharite, from Microsoft, as vice president-digital technology, new post.
DOJ appoints Ryan Shores, ex-Shearman & Sterling, associate deputy attorney general and senior adviser-technology industries ... CenturyLink names Lindsay Solie Jensen, ex-Office of Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, director-federal legislative affairs ... Industry expert Howard Homonoff joins Accenture as senior adviser-communications, media and technology ... Axinn taps Paul Zeineddin, ex-Zeineddin, as partner-intellectual property ... Amanda McMaster, ex-CTA, becomes Software & Information Industry Association's Specialized Information Publishers Association managing director.
Kirkland & Ellis adds Ellisen Turner, ex-Irell & Manella, as partner-intellectual property; clients have been in media and entertainment technology and semiconductors ... Akin Gump adds from Finnegan Henderson Andrew Holtman and Brandon Rash, both partners-intellectual property, working on tech ... Hunton Andrews names ex-Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) global strategy adviser, Centre for Information Policy Leadership ... Mercury names Ian McCaleb, ex-Hogan Lovells, managing director.
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden promotes Steve Ruwe to interim judge on Copyright Royalty Board through Dec. 7, replacing interim Judge Richard Strasser, followed by a six-year appointment filling vacancy created by the appointment of Jesse Feder as chief judge, CRB (see this section, Feb. 13).
Google hires Scott Deutchman, ex-Neustar, as senior policy adviser-telecom, spectrum, export controls, privacy and intellectual property ... At new joint venture between Public Safety Network and P3 North America, Allerio PSN founders TJ Kennedy and Jason Karp, both ex-FirstNet, CEO and general counsel, respectively; also names to board Kennedy, Karp and P3 executives Samit Ghosh and Marc Althoff.