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Dive Brief:
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration senior attorney Brian Stansbury has been promoted to deputy counsel at the Department of Transportation after less than a year at the trucking regulator.
- Stansbury, who was was appointed as FMCSA’s chief counsel last Julyleft the agency on Friday, FMCSA spokeswoman Cicely Waters told Trucking Dive in an email Monday.
- FMCSA Deputy Chief Executive Officer Charles Fromm has been promoted to lead the agency’s legal teams and advise senior officials on policy as acting general counsel, Waters said.
Dive Insight:
The departure of the lead counsel leaves a less familiar face inside FMCSA leadership as the trucking industry awaits rules on speed limiters and other key issues. Deputy Administrative Officer Sue Lawless and Director of Government Affairs Brenna Marron were the only two others on the list organization leadership pagefrom Monday.
Stansbury’s departure, however, shows that recent turnover at FMCSA hasn’t necessarily been bad.
He and other agency talent have risen to senior roles at the Department of Transportation, where they can use their trucking industry knowledge gained at FMCSA.
Kala Wright, a former foreign affairs director, was named director of public engagement and senior adviser in Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s office in January.
Stansbury previously worked as a partner at King and Spalding LLP, where he served in the firm’s environmental, health and safety practice, according to FMCSA’s online biography.
Fromm worked at FMCSA for 17 years, becoming assistant general counsel for enforcement and litigation in April 2007, according to his LinkedIn profile. He has been deputy general counsel since March 2012.