ATA Promotes Sharma to General Counsel

Prasad Sharma has been promoted to senior vice president and general counsel of American Trucking Associations, ATA said Monday.

Sharma has been with ATA since 2000, most recently as vice president and deputy chief counsel. Before joining ATA, he was an attorney with the law firm Holland & Knight.

Sharma replaces Robert Digges Jr., who retired last week after 28 years of service at ATA.

ATA also announced the hiring of Richard Pianka as the association’s new vice president and deputy chief counsel.

Pianka comes to ATA from the firm of Mayer Brown LLP where he specialized in general and appellate litigation. Prior to that he was with the law firm WilmerHale.