CLAIRE ROBINSON has been named senior vice president, intellectual property
law, for THE WALT DISNEY CO. Robinson will oversee Disney's intellectual
property group, which is responsible for intellectual property matters for
the company and its subsidiaries worldwide. Previously, Robinson held the
position of vice president in the same department. Before joining Disney in
1989, she was with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington,
D.C., and Los Angeles. Previously, she has been chairman of the Government
Relations to Copyright Committee of the American Bar Association, a trustee
of The Copyright Society of the U.S.A, and serves on the Board of Editors
of Matthew Bender's Antitrust Report.