DISH Names Tim Messner General Counsel; R. Stanton Dodge to Join DraftKings as Chief Legal Officer
October 17 2017 - 5:10PM
Business Wire
DISH Network announced today that it has appointed Senior Vice
President Tim Messner to the role of General Counsel. Messner
succeeds Executive Vice President R. Stanton Dodge, who will be
joining DraftKings as its chief legal officer. Messner assumes his
role on October 23 and will report to DISH Chairman and CEO Charlie
Ergen.
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Tim Messner, appointed DISH General
Counsel effective Oct. 23 (Photo: Business Wire)
“Stanton has been an effective and tireless advocate for DISH
for more than 20 years, and has served as a valued counselor to me
and to our entire management team,” said Ergen. “Stanton’s
leadership and expertise have been critical as we have worked to
position DISH for the future.”
“I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with Tim over the
years and I’ve been impressed with his legal acumen, his tenacity
and his capacity as a leader,” said Ergen. “I look forward to Tim’s
work and advice as we continue our efforts to transform DISH into a
company focused on wireless connectivity.”
Tim Messner currently serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy
General Counsel of DISH, leading a team of more than 20 attorneys
responsible for negotiating the company’s commercial
transactions.
Since joining DISH in November 1996, Dodge has
held positions of increasing responsibility in
the legal department. Prior to joining DISH, Dodge was a law
clerk to the Hon. Jose D. L. Marquez of the Colorado Court of
Appeals. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Suffolk
University Law School in 1995 and his B.S. in accounting from the
University of Vermont in 1991.
Dodge will remain on the board of directors for DISH’s sister
company, EchoStar Corporation.
About Timothy A. Messner
Tim Messner joined DISH in 2004 as a junior attorney and has
since held positions of increasing responsibility in the legal
department. He was a key member of the team involved in
EchoStar Corporation’s 2008 spin-off from DISH and has negotiated
numerous agreements for the company related to satellite, content,
technology and other strategic initiatives.
Tim graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law
with high honors, and received his B.S. in Accounting, with honors,
from the Pennsylvania State University.
Biographical information and a photograph of Timothy A. Messner
can be found
here:http://about.dish.com/leadership/senior-leadership/timothy-messner
About DISH
DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH), through its subsidiaries,
provides approximately 13.332 million pay-TV subscribers, as of
June 30, 2017, with the highest-quality programming and technology
with the most choices at the best value. DISH offers a high
definition line-up with more than 200 national HD channels, the
most international channels and award-winning HD and DVR
technology. DISH Network Corporation is a Fortune 200 company.
Visit www.dish.com.
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