Auto Task Force Lawyer Joins Foreign Carmaker Lobby

Mark Dowd, a lawyer who was part of Obama administration's task force that steered Chrysler and General Motors through bankruptcy in 2009, has joined the Assn. of Global Automakers as assistant general counsel.

The Washington, D.C.-based trade group (formerly the Assn. of International Automobile Manufacturers) represents 13 carmakers based outside the U.S.