Richard Cotton


Executive, Legal Counsel

Biography

After a brief stint in journalism, and nearly twenty years as a lawyer in Washington DC in both government and private practice, Cotton was appointed an executive vice president and general counsel by NBC in 1989....

Family & Companions

Jamie Fellner
Wife
Management consultant.

Biography

After a brief stint in journalism, and nearly twenty years as a lawyer in Washington DC in both government and private practice, Cotton was appointed an executive vice president and general counsel by NBC in 1989.

Filmography

 

Producer (Feature Film)

Middleton's Changeling (1998)
Associate Producer

Life Events

1965

Worked for the Chicago bureau of "Newsweek" magazine as a correspondent after graduating from college

1969

Served as a law clerk for Judge J. Skelly Wright of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit

1977

Went back to Washington as deputy executive secretary in the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare

1978

Upped to executive secretary

1980

Appointed special counsel to deputy secretary John Sawhill of the US Department of Energy

1989

Appointed executive vice president and general counsel for NBC in October

Companions

Jamie Fellner
Wife
Management consultant.

Bibliography