Tesla Replaces General Counsel With Seasoned Beltway Trial Lawyer
Tesla announced on Friday that General Counsel Todd Maron is leaving the electric vehicle maker, the second high-ranking attorney to do so this quarter.
CNBC reports that the move comes a month after Phil Rothenberg left his post as Tesla’s vice president of legal to become general counsel at Sonder, a hospitality start-up.
CNBC’s Lora Kolodny reports:
“The electric car company said it plans to replace Maron with seasoned Beltway trial lawyer Dane Butswinkas, a chairman at Williams & Connolly, who was also a Co-Chair in the firm’s Commercial Litigation, Financial Services and Banking Groups.”
