ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 22, 2004 -- David Forsyth Zoll, ACC's Vice President and General Counsel, announced his retirement, effective January 31, after twenty five years of service to the chemical industry.
Greg Lebedev, ACC's President and CEO, said: "I ask the entire industry to join me in thanking David for his excellent service as our senior lawyer and association executive through many different eras of industry advocacy. For the next several months, the Council has retained David to develop and implement a special project of growing importance to the industry: environmental mediation training. As we face an increasing number of environmental, health and safety challenges, the industry must continue to hone the skills that can help avoid or mitigate the costs of relentless litigation."
Zoll has been mediating disputes since 1995. In 1998 he helped save significant litigation costs for chemical companies when he organized a mediation process between the Union Pacific Railroad and several members of then CMA.
Prior to joining ACC, Zoll served as: Regulatory Litigation Counsel for the American Petroleum Institute; an associate in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Collier, Shannon, Rill, Edwards & Scott; Legislative Assistant to Senator Edward J. Gurney (R-Fla); and as an antitrust attorney in the Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission.
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