Cortney O'Toole Morgan, previously a lawyer at Barnes Richardson, is now senior counsel at Husch Blackwell, according to the firm's website.

David Heyman, assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Homeland Security, will leave the agency next month, he said in an April 23 memo. "My plan has always been to conclude my tenure sometime following the completion of our nation's second Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, which is forthcoming," he said. As such, and so that our new Secretary of Homeland Security can put in place a team of his own choosing, I wanted to let you know I will step down," in mid-May. Heyman highlighted agency accomplishments, including global supply chain security strategies, trade-related executive orders and the Beyond the Border Initiative with Canada.

Akin Gump added Suzanne Kane, previously a senior attorney advisor at CBP in the Office of International Trade, as an associate, the firm said in an official announcement. Kane has experience in valuation and intellectual property rights issues at CBP and was credited in 2008 for helping to draft the Importer Self-Assessment Product Safety Pilot Program, a trade partnership program jointly administered by CBP and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, said Akin Gump.

Akin Gump recently hired Suzanne Kane, previously an attorney-advisor in the CBP valuation and special programs branch, as an associate.

The International Chamber of Commerce appointed Norman Schenk, vice president of global customs policy and public affairs at UPS, as chairman of the ICC Commission on Customs and Trade Facilitation, said the United States Council for International Business (USCIB), which represents the ICC in the U.S. Schenk replaces Anthony Barone, who retired in February as director of global logistics policy with Pfizer. Oliver Peltzer, a partner with the German law firm Dabelstein & Passehl, was named the commission’s vice chair, it said.

The Braumiller Law Group hired Christos Linardakis, an international trade lawyer, as senior counsel, the law firm said. Linardakis, who has held several global trade compliance positions in large companies, will head Braumiller's Chicago office.

The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) appointed Chairman Emeritus of Nucor Corporation Daniel DiMicco, Chairman of American Strategic Insurance Marc Fasteau and CEO of Penn United Technologies Bill Jones as members of its Board of Directors, CPA said on March 25. CPA is made up of farmers, ranchers, manufacturing and labor organizations that focuses on trade.

Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services hired Mike Wilder as vice president of business practice innovation, the company said. Wilder previously worked as regional customs manager for North America at Delphi.

Executive Director of the Public Policy Lab at eBay, Brian Bieron, will serve as chair of the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) Trade Committee, the NFTC announced on March 11. As a House Rules Committee staffer on Capitol Hill, Bieron worked on the North America Free Trade Agreement, the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade Uruguay Round, Permanent Normalized Trade Relations for China and Trade Promotion Authority, the NFTC said. NFTC President Bill Reinsch appointed Bieron as chair, a NFTC spokeswoman said.

Sidley Austin appointed Jim Mendenhall, a former general counsel in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, as a partner in the law firm, said Sidley in a press release.