Orrick Herrington hires Rob McKenna, ex-Washington state attorney general, as partner and co-chair-Public Policy Group … SKDKnickerbocker hires Cecelia Prewett, ex-FTC, as senior vice president … Unwired Planet CEO Michael Mulica to leave May 31, will remain on the board … In Fox Broadcasting restructuring of current programming executives, it promotes to senior vice president James Oh for current programming and Shana Waterman for event series & multi-platform programming; Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, formerly with parent company News Corp., named senior vice president for multi-platform programming … Entravision promotes to executive vice president, new positions: at national level David Burke for integrated marketing solutions (IMS); Edward Melendez, IMS-national; and Adriana Pena Ruiz, brand and sales development; and regional IMS vice presidents are Jeff Apodaca for mountain region; David Candelaria, west Texas; Karl Meyer, Western; Chris Moncayo, south Texas; and Rolo Duartes, media executive, hired for Eastern … Penthera Partners, maker of software for moving data between mobile devices and the cloud, hires Melani Griffith, ex-Insight Communications, as executive vice president-business development … Zettics big data mobile analytics firm hires: John Gillespie, ex-IBM and Netezza, as senior vice president-worldwide sales and business development; Mike Crane, ex-Guavus and Grid Net, as vice president-business development; and John Tremblay, ex-NxStage and Verizon Wireless, as vice president-product management … Time Warner promotes Kristie Moomey to TNT and TBS vice president-post production, unscripted programming and digital extensions … NBCUniversal’s mun2 cable network hires Margie Moreno, ex-Imagina US/Promofilm US, as vice president-programming, new position … Journal Communications elects Dean Blythe, ex-Harte-Hanks, to board … Lobbyist registrations: Microsoft, Penn Hill Group, effective Jan. 1 … T-Mobile USA, Shockey Scofield Solutions, effective Feb. 1 … AMC Networks, Glover Park Group, effective Jan. 22 … Sorenson Communications, Van Scoyoc Associates, effective Jan. 1.

Fletcher Heald hires telecom lawyers from Venable: James Troup, as member; and Tony Lee, as of counsel … Viacom promotes in Music and Entertainment Ad Sales group to senior vice presidents: Jeannie Scalzo for music sales, MTV, MTV2, mtvU, VH1, VH1 Classic and Palladia; and Ellen Dominus for entertainment sales, CMT, Comedy Central, Spike and TV Land … Lobbyist registration: Al Jazeera America, DLA Piper … Participant Media hires Craig Parks, ex-Independent Film Channel, as senior vice president-digital & live programming for company’s yet-to-be-named cable network targeting millennials … Aylus Networks mobile video services software provider hires Steve Ball, ex-IBM, as vice president-products … DukeNet Communications high-bandwidth connectivity company hires Mike Taylor, ex-T-Mobile, as vice president-network operations … Visionary Solutions IPTV encoder maker hires Joe Walsh, ex-Fast Forward Video, as vice president-sales.

Rogers Communications President and CEO Nadir Mohamed to retire in January … Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., won’t seek re-election next year … Infonetics Research hires Godfrey Chua, ex-Juniper Networks, as directing analyst-machine to machine and connected world.

Joining Senate Communications Subcommittee are: Democrats Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut; Brian Schatz of Hawaii; and Mo Cowan of Massachusetts; and Republicans Dan Coats of Indiana; Tim Scott of South Carolina; Ted Cruz of Texas; Deb Fischer of Nebraska; and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin … Internet Society President and CEO Lynn St. Amour to leave next February when her contract ends … Lemko Corp. mobile wireless company hires Norman Fekrat, ex-IBM, as chief strategy & revenue officer …

Sen. Mo Cowan, D-Mass., added to Senate Commerce Committee … House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., hires Aaron Cutler, ex-House Commerce Committee, as senior adviser-policy and outreach whose areas include technology policy, replacing Mike Ference … Viacom promotes Jim Kukucka to Nickelodeon Group vice president-West Coast series production … Lobbying registrations: APTS Action for public-TV station advocacy, McDonald Hopkins Government Strategies, effective Feb. 1 … Granite Telecommunications, Capitol Resources, effective Feb. 4 … Entertainment Software Association, Elmendorf Ryan, and Brocade Communications Systems, Efrus Federal Advisors, both effective Jan. 1.

Thompson Coburn hires for new Lobbying & Policy group, all ex-Dow Lohnes Government Strategies: As partners Kenneth Salomon and Christopher Murray, and as senior manager of government affairs Haley Davis; and Kit Bond and John Cullerton, current partners, become members of the group … Tom Rosch, ex-FTC commissioner, rejoins Latham & Watkins as of-counsel in Antitrust & Competition Practice Group … Veria Living hires Joseph Cho, ex-NetCommerce and DB Direct, as vice president-digital, new position … Lobbyist registration: Google’s Motorola Mobility, Mercury Strategies, effective Feb. 1.

NTIA hires Juliana Gruenwald, ex-National Journal, as press secretary … Brightstar wireless distributor hires Daniel Currie, ex-SmartRoam, as president-international sales and operations, mobile device protection subsidiary eSecuritel … Lobbyist registrations: NCTA, Republic Consulting … USTelecom board adds Anand Vadapalli, Alaska Communications; and Dan Overland, Pottawatomie Telephone; and replacements for directors retiring from the association’s board are Craig Silliman, Verizon Communications, for Tom Tauke, who had taken a different job at the telco (CD Dec 12 p23); and Royster Tucker, North State Communications, for Hayden McKenzie.

President Barack Obama nominates to seats on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Raymond Chen, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and Todd Hughes, Department of Justice … James Burger, ex-Dow Lohnes, hired as partner by Thompson Coburn, which is starting a Lobbying & Policy practice group … Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., hires Joel Kelsey, ex-Free Press, as legislative assistant for Commerce Committee matters … Tessera Technologies hires John Thode, ex-McAfee, as president-DigitalOptics smartphone imaging business … Bryan Lamkin returns to Adobe, named senior vice president-corporate development … Lobbyist registrations: Intelsat, Blank Rome, effective Jan. 1 … Public Media NJ elects to board of trustees Scott Kobler, McCarter & English, and Robert Smartt, ex-New Jersey Treasury Department.

Retired Rear Adm. James Barnett, ex-Potomac Institute for Public Policy and FCC, joins Venable’s Telecommunications Group in Washington … New officers of the Fiber Optics Technology Consortium of the Telecommunications Industry Association: Chair Rodney Casteel, CommScope; Vice Chair Alfred Flores, Berk-Tek; Standards Chair Pete Pondillo, Corning; Membership Chair Dave Cook, 3M; and Communications Chair Paul Neveux, Superior Essex … Telemundo Media hires Jesús Torres Viera, ex-Jtvmedia and Ploptv, as executive vice president- programming and content; and names Daniel Cubillo, ex-Univision, as vice president of non-scripted content development, new position … Veria Living hires Andrew Struse, ex-Switched-On, as vice president-creative services, new position … CTAM President Char Beales says she'll retire at the end of 2013 … Irene Esteves, Time Warner Cable, joins National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications board of advisers … Cravath Swaine hires David Kappos, ex-U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as partner … Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen won’t seek re-election as a director and will step down as CEO after a transition … Sony Pictures Television hires Carrie Ferman, ex-Remark Media, as senior vice president-business strategy and development, international production.

Corning adds Kevin Martin, ex-FCC chairman now with Patton Boggs, to board.