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MOVERS & SHAKERS


COMPILED BY JOSHUA H. SHIELDS


MIGUEL RIVERA


Division Senior Vice President & General Counsel Payless ShoeSource


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Miguel Rivera is now divi- sion senior vice president and general counsel for Payless ShoeSource. He is a member of the senior leadership team; a seasoned legal executive with multi-industry experi- ence that includes private practice and transactional experience, class action and product liability litiga- tion, intellectual property, insurance litigation, and state government experi- ence. Prior to joining Payless in 2011, Rivera held several positions at Walmart that included expe- rience in outside counsel management and national responsibility for Walmart’s product liability and insur- ance litigation. He was also the Commissioner of Labor for the state of Indiana – a cabinet level position. He holds a J.D. and a B.A. from the University of Illinois.


WILLARD K. TOM Partner


Morgan Lewis


Willard K. Tom is a partner in Morgan Lewis’ antitrust practice. He has worked in the antitrust fi eld for more than 30 years, both in private practice and the government. He returns to Morgan Lewis after serving as general counsel of the Federal Trade Commission for four years. Tom and his deputies represented the FTC in court and provided legal counsel to the FTC, the operating bureaus, and other offi ces. He is one of the principal draft- ers of the Department of Justice and FTC’s “Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property.” He earned his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1979 and his A.B., cum laude, from Harvard University in 1975.


CHRISTIAN A. GARZA


General Counsel & Corporate Secretary Cosentino North America


Christian Garza has been named general counsel and corporate secretary for Cosentino North America, headquartered in Stafford, Texas. Cosentino North America is a subsidiary of the Spanish company Cosentino S.A., which is the world’s leading producer of quartz surfaces and is most well-known for its Silestone and Sensa brands. Garza, 36, leads the Legal Department for Cosentino’s North American operations, which includes its many Cosentino centers and fabrication facilities. Previously, he worked nearly six years as senior corporate counsel for CITGO Petroleum Corporation in Houston. Garza received his B.A. with high honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998 and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2001.


LINDA LU


Vice President of Litigation & Chief Litigation Offi cer Nationwide


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Nationwide announced that Linda Lu will join Nationwide Insurance and the Offi ce of the Chief Legal and Governance Offi cer as the company’s vice president of litigation and chief litigation offi cer. In this position, Lu will serve as chief litigator where she will lead a team of in-house attorneys and a robust network of external litigation partners. Lu comes to Nationwide from Allstate Insurance Company where she most recently served as the lead legal partner for their Claims organization. Prior to joining Allstate, she spent eight years as a litiga- tion and corporate attorney with Lowis & Gellen in Chicago. Lu holds an under- graduate degree in public policy from the University of Chicago, and earned a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.


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