James F. Stern Steps Down as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of A. O. Smith

James F. Stern left the role of Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at A. O. Smith on August 28, 2025, according to an SEC filing.

A. O. Smith disclosed that James F. Stern will move from Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary to Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Strategy and Secretary on October 1, 2025. Paul J. Jones takes over as General Counsel. (Source: an SEC filing.)

More legal leadership moves at A. O. Smith

• Paul J. Jones Named Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of A. O. Smith (August 28, 2025)

Other general counsel moves in August 2025

• Gary Martz Steps Down as General Counsel and Secretary of Greif (August 29, 2025)
• Dennis Hoffman Named Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Greif (August 29, 2025)
• Paul J. Jones Named Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of A. O. Smith (August 28, 2025)
• Lola Lin Named Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of GE Vernova (August 27, 2025)
• Catherine Zeller Named Group Head of Legal, Compliance and Insurance of SPIE (August 26, 2025)
• Andrea Paul Steps Down as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Zentalis Pharmaceuticals (August 26, 2025)
• James B. Bucher Named Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Zentalis Pharmaceuticals (August 26, 2025)
• Cornel Fuerer Steps Down as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Public Affairs Officer of Corteva (August 26, 2025)

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Source: an SEC filing. InhouseBlog summarizes publicly reported general counsel moves and links to the original report.

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