Newstead was also a partner at Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP where she handled “cross-border regulatory matters” and was an attorney in the George W. Bush administration as well as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. She will replace Colin Stretch who announced he was leaving the company last summer.
Read the full article from The Wall Street Journal.
FB Adds New General Counsel with Political Ties
Facebook is bringing in Jennifer Newstead, a Washington lawyer and former State Department advisor, as its new general counsel. So reports The Wall Street Journal.
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