White House veteran joins NBCUniversal as general counsel

Kimberley Harris has been named executive vice president and general counsel at NBCUniversal.

She comes to NBCUniversal from Davis Polk & Wardwell, where she served as a partner in the firm's litigation department. Prior to that, Harris served as deputy counsel and deputy assistant to President Obama in the office of the White House counsel. She also worked as the senior counsel to the assistant attorney general in the Justice Department's criminal division. In her new role, Harris will advise the NBCUniversal senior management team and oversee the media company's law department, which handles legal matters for its various business units. Harris will also be responsible for coordinating NBCUniversal's global regulatory and legislative agenda.