Long-time AA General Counsel Gary Kennedy is leaving after nearly three decades working in the airlines’ corporate legal department. AA CEO-in-waiting Doug Parker announced that his current executive vice president for corporate and government affairs at US Airways Group, Steve Johnson, will oversee the company’s legal and regulatory affairs.
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Girl Scouts of NE Texas Names T&K’s Elizabeth Schartz Secretary of Board of Directors
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Baker & McKenzie Elects Amar Budarapu its Chair of North America Corporate & Securities Practice
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Baker & McKenzie Elects Amar Budarapu its Chair of North America Corporate & Securities Practice
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Texas Law Firm GCs Watching Georgia Supreme Court Case
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