Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck announced on April 2, that NAFUSA member Greg Brower joined the firm as a shareholder in the Litigation Department. Brower will split his time between the firm’s Nevada and Washington, D.C., offices and will focus on civil and criminal litigation; enforcement, regulatory, and investigative matters; cybersecurity; as well as government affairs at both the federal and state levels.

“Greg’s deep experience as both a first-chair litigator and as a public servant, both in Nevada and in Washington, D.C., will be an outstanding asset to our clients as well as to our colleagues throughout the firm,” said Ellen Schulhofer, the firm’s Las Vegas office managing partner and Executive Committee member. “From high stakes litigation to significant enforcement actions to complex policy matters, Greg’s broad experience as a trial and appellate advocate and as a policymaker and thought leader will contribute in a very significant way to our range of client services.”

Most recently, Greg was the assistant director for congressional affairs at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, serving as the FBI’s chief liaison to Congress on a wide range of critical oversight and investigative matters. He previously served as the FBI’s deputy general counsel, managing a diverse portfolio of legal matters, including litigation, privacy, procurement, compliance and ethics. During his time as a senior FBI executive, spanning two administrations, he worked closely with high-ranking officials in the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. intelligence community, and with key leaders on Capitol Hill.

Greg’s prior federal service also includes two years as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada, and as general counsel and as inspector general at the U.S. Government Publishing Office. He also previously served in DOJ at Main Justice as legislative counsel in the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys.

At the state level, Greg has served in a variety of public policy roles, including several terms in the Nevada Legislature, where he was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He has also served on the Nevada Gaming Policy Committee, the Nevada Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice, the Nevada Sentencing Commission and the Nevada Juvenile Justice Commission.

Greg has also served the Nevada legal community as an adjunct professor of law at the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he has taught courses in national security law and trial advocacy.

He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and The George Washington University Law School. Before attending law school, Greg served in the U.S. Navy as a surface warfare officer

NAFUSA member Sharon Zealey recently joined Cox Enterprises, Inc. as the Vice President, Compliance.  Sharon is responsible for establishing and achieving corporate compliance operational objectives.  She will design and execute the Company’s compliance strategy and training.  Cox Enterprises, Inc. is a leading communications, media and automotive services company with revenues of $20 billion and 55,000 employees. Company divisions include Cox Communications, Cox Media Group, and Cox Automotive.

Sharon previously served as Lead Counsel for Carestream Dental LLC, a medical device company, where she established its global compliance program. Prior to that, she founded NextGen Compliance LLC in Atlanta and was a business consultant on compliance issues and risk assessment.

Sharon was the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer for The Coca-Cola Company for seven years.   During her tenure, the company was recognized nationally for its user-friendly hotline, effective global compliance network and corporate integrity.

Sharon served as the former United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1997-2001.

Four new members have been elected to the Stanford Board of Trustees and will begin their posts this April, including NAFUSA member Carol Lam J.D. ’85, senior vice president and deputy general counsel of semiconductor and telecommunications company Qualcomm, Inc.

Lam became the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California after serving San Diego as a Superior Court judge. She worked on cases concerning health care and white collar crime and was instrumental in winning a bribery case against former Congressman Randy Cunningham that linked illegal payoffs to the awarding of arms contracts. Lam served on the board of The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, California.

NAFUSA Past President Greg Vega has been named the Chair of the Litigation Department at Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek in San Diego. He replaces the retiring Jerry McMahon. “Honored to try to fill the shoes of the finest litigator in San Diego, Jerry McMahon. I’ll do my best to honor his great legacy,” Vega said.

Vega served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California (1999-2001). He began his career as a trial attorney for the Office of Chief General Counsel, Internal Revenue Office in Chicago. He also served as an AUSA in the Northern District of Indiana. In 1987 he joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego. He joined Seltzer Caplan in 2001 where his practice focuses on business litigation, white color criminal defense and advising corporate clients in regulated industries.

Arnold & Porter announced on March 19, 2018, that NAFUSA Board Member Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2009 to 2017, has joined the firm as a partner. Mr. Fishman will lead Arnold & Porter’s Crisis Management and Strategic Response team and his practice will include internal investigations, compliance counseling, white collar defense, complex civil litigation, and appellate advocacy. He will be resident in the New York office and Newark, New Jersey.

During much of his service as United States Attorney, Fishman was a member of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC) and also served as its Chair.

Firm Chair Richard M. Alexander said, “Paul is a tireless and talented advocate who will bring strategic vision to the most challenging problems facing our clients. They will greatly benefit from his excellent judgment and deep practical experience managing complex matters. He is an outstanding addition to our firm and we are privileged to welcome him back to private practice after his distinguished career in public service.”

“I am proud to join Arnold & Porter, a firm with a deep commitment to client service and a rich tradition of pro bono representation and civic engagement,” said Fishman. “The firm’s lawyers are an extraordinary group of dedicated, talented, and experienced professionals and I look forward to joining their team.”

In addition to his career in public service, Mr. Fishman was in private practice for 12 years where he handled a broad array of white collar and civil litigation matters, representing institutions and individuals and serving as a corporate monitor. In both government service and private practice, he gained wide-ranging experience across a number of diverse industries such as financial services; healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and life sciences; consumer products; manufacturing; transportation; energy; and defense and government contracting. He also has extensive experience as a trial lawyer and appellate advocate.

After graduating from law school, he clerked for the Honorable Edward R. Becker of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was an Assistant United States Attorney from 1983 to 1994; during that time, he served as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division, Chief of Narcotics, Chief of the Criminal Division, and First Assistant United States Attorney. From 1994 to 1997, he was a senior adviser to the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General of the United States.

Fishman was appointed by the ABA President to the American Bar Association’s Diversity and Inclusion 360 Commission, and served as Co-chair of the Law and Justice Transition Advisory Committee for New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. In addition, he was recently elected to the American Law Institute. He earned his JD from Harvard Law School, where he was Managing Editor of the Harvard Law Review, and received his BA from Princeton University, graduating magna cum laude. Mr. Fishman holds an honorary law degree from Seton Hall University where he is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow.

When Rich and Patty Rossman decided to spend the month of March in San Clemente, California, they were able to spend time with former NAFUSA Presidents Don Stern and Greg Vega as well as former Executive Director Ron Woods. Shown above in Del Mar are (left to right) Rich Rossman, Don Stern, Erica Stern, Patty Rossman, Sue Farus and Greg Vega.

The photo below was taken in Carlsbad with Patty, Rich, Greg, Ron and Patty Woods and Sue.