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AIG names ex-Lehman lawyer general counsel


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc , which was bailed out with a $182.3 billion U.S. aid package, named a former top Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc lawyer as general counsel on Tuesday.

    Thomas Russo, who joined law firm Patton Boggs LLP after Lehman's collapse due to the financial crisis, was named AIG's executive vice president for legal, compliance, regulatory affairs and government affairs, and general counsel.

    Russo was earlier chief legal officer of Lehman, which he joined in 1993.

    Russo fills the general counsel position that became vacant on Dec 30, when Anastasia Kelly resigned in protest over pay curbs imposed at the firm by U.S. pay czar Kenneth Feinberg.

    AIG stock was up 0.38 percent at $24.05 during afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

    (Reporting by Paritosh Bansal; editing by Gunna Dickson)