MOVERS & SHAKERS
COMPILED BY JOSHUA H. SHIELDS
BIZUNESH “BIZ” SCOTT
Special Assistant to the President of the United States
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Bizunesh “Biz” Scott has been appointed a Special Assistant to the President of the United States. In this role, she advises President Obama and his Cabinet secretaries on all presidential and Senate- confi rmed appointments and other personnel hires within the energy and environment arena, includ- ing the departments of Energy, Transportation, Interior, Agriculture, and the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as related boards and commissions. Previously, Scott served as the third Chief (General) Counsel for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Scott, who earned her law degree from the University of Michigan and a B.A. from Marquette University, is working on her master’s of law at Georgetown University Law School.
EMILIE R. NINAN Managing Partner Ballard Spahr
Emilie R. Ninan, a public fi nance partner at Ballard Spahr, has been named managing partner of Ballard Spahr’s Wilmington, Delaware offi ce. As the partner responsible for the fi rm’s public fi nance practice in Delaware, Ninan serves as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel or other counsel on a range of general obligation, revenue and conduit municipal bond fi nancings. She also advises on uniform commercial code matters and represents corporate, banking, and nonprofi t clients on com- mercial transactions. She will be installed as president of North American South Asian Bar Association in 2012. Ninan earned her law degree and MBA from Georgetown University and her undergraduate degree from Temple University.
DARRELL MOTTLEY President D.C. Bar
Darrell G. Mottley, a pat- ent attorney and principal shareholder at Banner & Witcoff, has been installed as the 40th president of the D.C. Bar, the second largest unifi ed bar associa- tion in the U.S. with more than 95,000 members. The 2010-11 president-elect, Mottley formerly served as chair of the D.C. Bar Council on Sections and on the D.C. Bar Strategic Planning Committee that developed the Bar’s priorities. He was Vice Chair of the Council on Sections and Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Law Section. Prior to his law career, Mottley worked for 13 years as an engineer. He earned his J.D., with honors, from The George Washington University; his M.B.A., and his B.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Virginia Tech.
ROBERT BOSTROM Partner
SNR Denton
Robert Bostrom has joined SNR Denton as partner and co-head of its global Financial Institutions and Funds sec- tor. He was executive vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of Freddie Mac, where he directed its legal strategy through the fi nancial crisis and recovery. At SNR Denton, Bostrom will help lead the fi rm’s multi-disciplinary corporate governance crisis management team, which draws together the talents of the fi rm’s white collar, internal and governmental investigations, public policy, capital markets, SEC enforce- ment, corporate governance, and state Attorneys General lawyers and professionals. Bostrom received his law degree from Boston College Law School, his master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University, and B.A. in History from Franklin & Marshall College.
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