Thomas O’Neill, general counsel at Exelon, is exiting the company after a 19-year career spent mostly at Exelon-owned Commonwealth Edison.
Replacing him will be Gayle Littleton, co-chair of Jenner & Block’s investigations, defense and compliance practice. At Jenner, she “leads complex corporate internal investigations and represents companies engaged in civil litigation, as well as companies and individuals in criminal proceedings,” according to the law firm’s website.
Jenner & Block, long the primary corporate law firm representing Exelon, earlier this year helped Exelon conduct an internal probe into the past lobbying practices of ComEd. That led to ComEd’s deferred-prosecution agreement with the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago in which it admitted to conducting a bribery scheme over nearly a decade to win the support of House Speaker Michael Madigan, long the most powerful politician in the state.
Asked if Littleton worked on the internal investigation, Exelon in an emailed response to questions said, “Gayle has worked with Exelon on a number of important matters. She comes with a deep understanding of the business and the complex legal and regulatory environment in which the company operates. As with any of our outside legal counsel, we do not disclose the specifics of matters with which they assist.”
As for O’Neill, Exelon said he “has decided to leave the company at the end of the year to take a senior position at a law firm.”
Exelon didn’t confirm the firm to which O’Neill is heading, but it is Jenner, according to a source. O’Neill joined Exelon from Jenner in 2001 and went on to become general counsel of ComEd during the period in which the utility confessed to coarse influence peddling, arranging for payments to Madigan associates through contract lobbyists in exchange for little or no work. O’Neill was promoted to general counsel at Exelon in 2017.
O’Neill was deeply involved in the effort to win state passage of the smart grid law in 2011 and the Future Energy Jobs Act in 2016, both of which were highly lucrative for ComEd and Exelon and were the source of most of the illegal lobbying activity identified by federal prosecutors.
Asked whether he was implicated in the internal probe, Exelon responded, “We did not identify any wrongdoing by Tom, and his decision was a personal one. We thank him for the many contributions he’s made during his career at the company and wish him all the best.”
Littleton, 48, who will start at Exelon on Nov. 9, will have the title of executive vice president and will join the executive committee. O’Neill, who is a senior vice president, will stay through the end of the year to aid in the transition.
In keeping with Exelon’s efforts to rehabilitate its image following the ComEd scandal, Littleton is the second former assistant U.S. attorney to join the company this year. Exelon hired David Glockner, another former assistant U.S. attorney, as executive vice president in charge of compliance and audit in March. That’s a new position, and Glockner since has been the primary executive testifying before state and municipal legislative bodies on ComEd’s past misdeeds and the steps it’s taking to change its culture.
Before joining Jenner, Littleton spent 12 years as a federal prosecutor in Chicago and in the Northern District of Florida, headquartered in Tallahassee. Among many other matters in which she’s been involved, Littleton was on the prosecution team that won the 2003 racketeering and mail-fraud conviction of Scott Fawell, chief of staff to Illinois Gov. George Ryan. He served more than five years.
"jenner" - Google News
October 27, 2020 at 02:34AM
https://ift.tt/31LsTXl
Exelon replaces general counsel with former prosecutor now at Jenner - Crain's Chicago Business
"jenner" - Google News
https://ift.tt/2GG53kN
Shoes Man Tutorial
Pos News Update
Meme Update
Korean Entertainment News
Japan News Update
Bagikan Berita Ini
0 Response to "Exelon replaces general counsel with former prosecutor now at Jenner - Crain's Chicago Business"
Post a Comment