Stockfish Named Corporate Secretary, Assistant General Counsel for Weyerhaeuser

Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wash., USA, reports that its board of directors has elected Devin Stockfish corporate secretary for the company. The appointment became effective July 1. Stockfish will continue to serve as assistant general counsel and his practice includes corporate governance, securities law compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance matters.

Stockfish succeeds Claire Grace, who will remain assistant general counsel until her planned retirement on August 16. Grace was Weyerhaeuser's corporate secretary from 2000 to June 30, 2013.

Before joining Weyerhaeuser, Stockfish was VP and associate general counsel at Univar Inc. where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and securities law. Prior to Univar, he was an attorney in the securities and corporate law group at Starbucks Corp. and practiced corporate law at K&L Gates. He received a Juris Doctorate from Columbia Law School and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado.

Grace joined Weyerhaeuser in 1997, became corporate secretary and assistant general counsel in 2000, and was named a VP in 2007. She has been a securities lawyer since 1986, focusing on corporate securities and finance, compliance with securities laws, public disclosure, mergers and acquisitions, international transactions, corporate law, and contract law. Prior to joining Weyerhaeuser, Grace was VP and associate counsel at Washington Mutual Bank, a securities and finance lawyer with Perkins Coie, and served as administrative law clerk to Judge Eugene Wright, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

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