The appointment came on our AKAversary yesterday! How fitting!
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Nagin names new city attorney
She's been assistant in office for 2 years
Friday, December 09, 2005
From staff reports
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has appointed Penya M. Moses-Fields as interim city attorney, effective immediately.
She succeeds former City Attorney Sherry Landry, whose resignation took effect Nov. 30. Landry had been the city's top lawyer for 2 years.
Moses-Fields has been a deputy city attorney since February 2003. She had a special assignment to the Department of Finance, served as a deputy in the administrative division and oversaw the work of assistant city attorneys, Nagin's office said.
"Penya's strength lies in her familiarity with and dedication to the City of New Orleans," Nagin said. "Her leadership skills, as well as her experience working with various departments before and after Hurricane Katrina, make her well-qualified to lead the Law Department at this challenging time."
A graduate of Grambling State University with a degree in accounting, Moses-Fields received her law degree from Loyola University Law School and a master's degree in tax law from Villanova University School of Law.
She worked as an accountant for 12 years and has spent eight years practicing law.
She has been a legal and business management consultant with PMF Consulting LLC, an adjunct professor at Nunez Community College and associate counsel and director of administration at American MetroComm Corp., a telecommunications company.
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