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Law firm Steptoe & Johnson has appointed former joint head of bribery and corruption of the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Patrick Rappo as partner. Rappo will practice in the firm’s international regulation and compliance and litigation groups, and will continue the expansion of the firm’s FCPA/anti-corruption and white-collar criminal defense practices. Rappo spent five […]

Prudential Financial has appointed Royanne Doi as vice president and chief ethics officer at Prudential of Japan. In her new role, Doi heads the company’s Global Business Ethics & Integrity Office and has oversight responsibility for implementing strategies to drive ethical standards, educating the company’s global workforce and reinforcing the integration of ethics across Prudential’s […]

John Farmer, dean of Rutgers School of Law-Newark since July 2009, has been appointed senior vice president and general counsel, effective immediately. Vice Dean Ronald Chen will serve as acting dean.  Farmer will serve as SVP and general counsel for a period of 12 to 18 months to help the Rutgers administration manage all of […]

Law firm Debevoise & Plimpton has named Mary Beth Hogan as co-chair of the litigation department. Hogan will work closely with John Kiernan, who co-chaired the department with Mary Jo White, who was recently named chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Hogan’s practice focuses on white collar, regulatory and employment actions as well as […]

Johns Hopkins University has appointed Mark Rotenberg, currently chief legal officer of the University of Minnesota, as vice president and general counsel, effective June 3. Rotenberg has served as chief legal officer for the University of Minnesota for more than 20 years under four presidents and 11 Board of Regents chairs. In a news release, […]

Delta Airlines has appointed Robert Rivkin as senior vice president and deputy general counsel, international and regulatory affairs. Prior to joining Delta, Rivkin served as general counsel at the U.S. Department of Transportation. In this position, he served as chief legal officer and counsel to Secretary Ray LaHood. Prior to joining the Department of Transportation, […]

Frontier Airlines has appointed Holly Nelson as chief accounting officer and treasurer. Nelson has more than 25 years of airline-industry financial experience. Most recently, she served as chief financial officer for Aircraft Technical Publishers, where she led the company’s finance and human resource functions, as well as responsibility for all accounting and reporting, treasury, financial […]

Fay Servicing, a company that manages distressed and at-risk residential mortgages, has appointed Loren Morris as chief compliance officer, general counsel and executive vice president. He will be responsible for leading corporate, strategic and legal initiatives. Morris joins the company with more than 25 years of experience in financial services, mortgage banking, servicing and secondary […]

BPV Capital Management has appointed Leslie Beale as general counsel and chief compliance officer. In this role, she is responsible for the company’s risk management programs and ensuring the compliance of the company with legal and regulatory requirements, as well as providing legal support. Prior to joining BPV, Beale advised companies on a variety of […]