Atlanta Spotlight | Juliette Pryor

By Staff Writer Atlanta Trend

• Nov 01, 2016

Cox Enterprises announced today that Juliette Pryor, 51, has been named senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, effective immediately. Pryor reports to Cox Enterprises Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Dallas Clement and succeeds Shauna Muhl who will retire from Cox at year end.
 In her new role, Pryor is responsible for leading Cox’s legal function, as well as serving as corporate secretary supporting the company’s Board of Directors. She is also responsible for being a strategic legal advisor to the senior leadership team, focusing on the most important legal and business strategies and issues facing the organization.

 “Juliette comes to us at a critical time in our growth trajectory and will serve as a key strategic partner as we focus on growth at Cox,” said Clement. “With a wide range of public and private corporate legal experience, she is a highly accomplished and experienced general counsel who has been integral to critical and often, transformative corporate transactions. I look forward to working closely with her as we build on a strong foundation to ensure our company’s future success.”
 Before joining Cox, Pryor served as executive vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer for US Foods where she was responsible for all legal, risk management and ethics and compliance functions since 2005. Prior to that, she was in private practice with the law firm Skadden Arps Slate Meagher &Flom.

 Before joining Skadden, Pryor was general counsel and corporate secretary for e.spire Communications, Inc., a publicly-traded telecommunications company. Earlier in her career, she served as legal advisor to the vice chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission and as in-house counsel with IBM Corporation.