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Fox names Nicholas Trutanich as top lawyer as Adam Ciongoli steps down

Putri ArdhanaPublished 24m ago2 min readBased on 6 sources
Fox names Nicholas Trutanich as top lawyer as Adam Ciongoli steps down
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Fox Corporation has a new chief lawyer. Nicholas Trutanich will become general counsel, the company's top legal officer, on 1 December. He replaces Adam Ciongoli, who chose not to renew his contract.

Fox set out the succession in a company announcement titled 'Adam Ciongoli Stepping Down as Chief Legal & Policy Officer of Fox Corporation Nicholas Trutanich to be Named General Counsel', published on its corporate site on 19 October. Fox Corporation The same announcement was distributed via PR Newswire. PR Newswire

Ciongoli will step down on 1 December. He will then serve as a special advisor to Fox through June 2028. That is an 18-month advisory period after his exit from the day-to-day role.

Trutanich will report directly to chief executive Lachlan Murdoch as general counsel, according to a report on the move. Deadline He is currently executive vice president and Principal Deputy General Counsel at Fox. In plain terms, he is now the second-ranked lawyer in the organisation and will move to the top job.

It is an internal promotion. Trutanich joined Fox in 2021 as chief ethics and compliance officer, the executive in charge of internal rules and standards. Before joining the company, he served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada from 2019 to 2021. In that post he acted as the federal government's lead prosecutor for the state.

Ciongoli joined Fox in 2023 as chief legal and policy officer. He succeeded Viet Dinh in that role. His total compensation as Fox's legal chief was reported at about $10.1 million for a second straight year.

There is one other reporting change. Kristopher Jones, executive vice president and head of government relations, will report directly to John Nallen, Fox's president and chief operating officer. Government relations is the team that deals with lawmakers and regulators.

For viewers, this means no change on screen. It is a back-office succession. The lawyers handle contracts, disputes, policy and compliance. The line-up stays the same.

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