Edelman Global Advisory hired Everett Eissenstat, who previously was General Motors senior vice president-global public policy, as chair of North America and global trade lead, the company said in a news release. Before joining GM, Eissenstat was a White House deputy assistant to the president for international economic affairs and chief international trade counsel for the Senate Finance Committee. He also has been assistant U.S. trade representative for the Americas.

Judge Clark Cheney has been named the chief administrative law judge at the International Trade Commission, the ITC announced. Cheney has served as an administrative law judge since 2018 and has filled the role as chief ALJ since January 2022 after former Chief Charles Bullock retired. Cheney will continue to rule on Section 337 unfair import trade investigations, the ITC said.

Ruchi Gill, former deputy chief counsel for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Latham & Watkins as counsel in its Washington, D.C.-based white collar defense and investigations 'practice, the firm announced. Gill also will serve as a member of the litigation and trial department. She will advise clients on national security regulatory matters, including proceedings at the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., export controls and economic sanctions, the firm said.

David Plotinsky, former acting chief and principal deputy chief of the Department of Justice's Foreign Investment Review Section, joined Morgan Lewis as a partner in the Washington, D.C.-based Federal Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division, the firm announced. In his new role, Plotinsky will work on issues relating to "national security, telecommunications, and foreign investment in the United States," including matters at the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, the firm said. While at DOJ, Plotinsky led the agency's work before CFIUS.

The National Foreign Trade Council named Tiffany Smith vice president for global trade policy. Most recently, she was a senior policy adviser in Mayer Brown's international trade and government relations practice. Before joining the law firm, she worked for 16 years in the federal government, including as a Senate staffer, and at the Commerce Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

Rufus Yerxa, previously president of the National Foreign Trade Council, is now senior adviser at McLarty Associates, the consulting company said Jan. 31.

CBP released the names of those serving on the next Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee.

Erik Autor, former president of the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones, has joined customs and trade law firm Barlow & Co. as of counsel, he announced on LinkedIn. Autor's background includes a clerkship at the Court of International Trade and working at Skadden Arps as a lawyer in its international trade practice group. He will assist companies with their customs and trade matters, the firm said.

Iris Bennett, former cross-border investigations and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act attorney at boutique firm Smith Pachter, has joined Steptoe & Johnson as a partner in its Investigations and White Collar Defense Group, the firm announced. Based in Washington D.C., Bennett will tap her experience carrying out internal investigations over potential violations of the FCPA, the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Act, the firm said.

Angela Hofmann, former leader of the Eurasia Group's industrial and consumer corporate practice, joined Sandler Travis as vice president of the international trade and supply chain resiliency wing, the firm announced in an email. Hofmann's corporate executive experience also includes working as Walmart's vice president for international corporate affairs.