Bloomberg Law
Aug. 7, 2017, 7:49 PM UTC

Lockheed Martin Privacy Lawyer Takes Government Post

Max Siegelbaum

James Byrne, the associate general counsel and chief privacy officer of Lockheed Martin, will return to the federal government as the general counsel of the Department of Veterans Affairs. He was confirmed by the Senate last week to become the agency’s top lawyer.

A nearly nine-year veteran of Lockheed Martin’s legal staff, Byrne joins a group of company alums who slide between the public and private sectors.

At the defense giant, Byrne worked under recently fired FBI director James Comey, who served as general counsel for Lockheed Martin from October 2005 to June 2010.

Byrne wasn’t immediately available for comment.

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