MOVES
dealing with food franchisers. Previously the GC at QIP Holder LLC, the
parent company of number two submarine sandwich chain Quiznos, Emmett
comes on board with lots of firsthand
knowledge about the legal needs of
a growing franchise. Before Quiznos,
Emmett was GC at Papa Johns, where
he first worked with Travis.
A graduate of Colgate University and
the College of William & Mary, Emmett
will be moving from Denver to Boston
for the job. In a statement discussing the
move, Emmett called Dunkin’ Donuts
and Baskin-Robbins “two of the world’s
top brands.”
Now Emmett will help make the
push toward Dunkin’s holy grail: over-
taking number one competitor Starbucks
Corporation. Starbucks has more than
15,000 stores in 44 countries. —M.S.
Top Guns
There’s a new sheriff in New York City.
Manhattan district attorney Cy Vance,
Jr., officially took over the legendary
Robert Morgenthau’s spot in January,
and brought a new legal crew on board
with him. Taking the helm as general
counsel is seasoned attorney CAITLIN
HALLIGAN.
The Georgetown University Law
Center graduate turned to government
work early in her career. A few years
out of law school, and after clerking
for U.S. Supreme Court justice Stephen
Breyer, she joined the New York attor-
ney general’s office as its first Internet
bureau chief, focusing on online con-
sumer fraud, privacy, and securities
trading issues. From there she became
the D.A.’s office’s first deputy solici-
tor general and then moved up to her
position as solicitor general—a presti-
gious job she held until 2007. As solici-
tor general, Halligan stepped up to the
mahogany podium and argued four
cases before the Supreme Court, includ-
ing an international trade dispute and
constitutional law cases.
Thompson Coburn
announced that GRIER
RACLIN, former executive
vice president, general
counsel, and chief administrative officer of Charter
Communications, Inc.,
joined the firm as of counsel
in the St. Louis office.
Washington, D.C., office.
RICHARD ROMANCHIK,
former senior patent counsel
for Honeywell International
Inc., joined Hiscock & Barclay
as counsel in the Rochester,
New York, office.
ROBERT CORNISH, JR.,
former chief legal and compliance officer for Pacific
Income Advisers, Inc., joined
Dilworth Paxson as of counsel in the firm’s D.C. office.
WARREN DE WIED, a
former managing director
with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, moved to Wilson
Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as
a partner in New York.
BELINDA HARRISON, formerly an attorney with trade
group Owner-Operator
Independent Drivers Association, is now of counsel
in the Kansas City, Missouri,
office of Sonnenschein Nath
& Rosenthal.
Littler Mendelson
announced that ILYSE
SCHUMAN joined the firm
as a partner in the D. C.
office; she had been VP
and managing director of
the Medical Imaging and
Technology Alliance of the
National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
Phillips Lytle announced
that MAR TIN SCHWAR TZ,
former general counsel
at Siemens Corporation,
a subsidiary of Siemens
Aktiengesellschaft, joined
the firm as special counsel in
the New York office.
CHRISTOPHER CAPELLI,
former chief intellectual
property counsel at MeadWestvaco Corporation, is
now with Leason Ellis in
White Plains, New York, as of
counsel.
TODD MEIER, formerly of
Todd Meier Investments,
jumped to Shackelford,
Melton & McKinley as of
counsel in the Dallas office.
JAY DESHMUKH, former
senior vice president of
global intellectual property
at Ranbaxy Laboratories
Limited, jumped to Knobbe,
Martens, Olson & Bear
as a partner in the firm’s
Hogan & Hartson added
RANDY SEGAL to its
McLean, Virginia, office
as counsel; she had been
senior vice president, GC,
and secretary of Sky Terra
Communications, Inc.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber
Schreck announced that
EDWARD AMBROSE,
former associate director
of government affairs at
the National Association of
Federal Credit Unions, joined
the firm as a policy adviser
in D.C. —E.H.
BaTTle-TesTed
If Clear Channel Communications, Inc.,
was seeking a battle-proven warrior of
the legal world to fill its top lawyer spot,
it found its gladiator in ROBER T WALLS, JR.
Clear Channel’s new executive vice
president and general counsel, who was
appointed to the position December 29,
has already conquered one of the biggest opponents any lawyer could face:
He maneuvered Enron Corp. through
its accounting fraud scandal and subsequent bankruptcy as the company’s
general counsel.
Now the corporate prizefighter is
ready for his next test: overseeing the
legal and governmental affairs for the
largest radio broadcaster in the nation.
Clear Channel owns, operates, or programs airtime for nearly 1,200 radio
stations and owns or manages about
50 television stations. Walls joined San
Antonio–based Clear Channel from
Post Oak Energy Capital, a private
equity firm that specializes in investing
equity and debt in energy and energy
service companies. He was Post Oak’s
managing director and one of its founding partners.
Before Post Oak, Walls was both
managing director and general counsel
of Enron Global Assets and Services,
and deputy general counsel of Enron
from 1999 until its bankruptcy. When
the energy company announced its
restructuring and reorganization in the
wake of its bankruptcy and accounting fraud scandal, it appointed Walls
general counsel and executive vice
