Jim Bartlett, Northrop Grumman's Senior Counsel, Export/Import Law, left the company to start his own firm, he said in his Import/Export Daily Update publication. Bartlett will continue to publish the update through his new firm, Law Office of James E. Bartlett III, he said.
Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg hired Arnold Fried, previously a solo practitioner and before that a lawyer in the Food and Drug Administration's Chief Counsel's Office, as Of Counsel, the law firm said.
32 Advisors said Carter Lawson, ex-deputy general counsel for the Export-Import Bank of the U.S.,, will join the firm Oct. 1 as a principal in its Washington, D.C., office.
The Law Offices of Jon Yormick hired Brenda Cisneros to work in the firm's Buffalo, N.Y., office, the law firm said. Cisneros is licensed in Mexico and awaiting admission to the New York bar. Cisneros will also work with Yormick's affiliate firm in Mexico Boutique Legal Internacional. “As more U.S. and Canadian companies focus attention on Mexico as a growing market and manufacturing location for sectors such as aerospace, Brenda and our affiliate firm will be able to serve the increasing needs of those companies,” said Jon Yormick, who founded the group.
Sandra (Dee) Lord, a former administrative law judge with the Social Security Administration, joined the International Trade Commission as an Administrative Law Judge.
Eduardo Martinez, president of The UPS Foundation, was named chair of The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Catastrophic Risks.
Morgan Lewis hired Kelly Herman, previously of counsel in Venable's international trade and customs practice, as of counsel.
John Thomure joins Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman's New York office from the Michael Best law firm in Milwaukee, Wisc., Cowan said. Thomure will work in Cowan's Customs, International Cargo and Regulatory Compliance group, as well as the Litigation and Intellectual Property groups.
Foreign policy and human rights expert Jeffrey Krilla was named president of the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, the coalition announced Sept. 10.
Kelly Herman, previously of counsel in Venable's international trade and customs practice, is no longer with the law firm. Herman was senior attorney at CBP before joining Venable.