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Lynne M. Hook Joins Legal Staff at 
Hilton Hotels Corp.
 
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Oct. 5, 1999--Lynne M. Hook has joined the legal department of Hilton Hotels Corp. as counsel, employment/human resources.

She reports to Thomas E. Gallagher, executive vice president, chief administrative officer and general counsel.

Hook�s responsibilities in her new position at Hilton include employment advice, human resources policy review and implementation, and oversight of employment litigation.
Prior to joining Hilton, she was affiliated with Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP in Los Angeles as an associate in the Labor and Employment Department. Her practice focused on employment litigation and advice matters. Hook also conducted sexual harassment and discrimination awareness and management training with supervisors and employees of major clients nationwide.

Previously, she served as a litigation associate at Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP in Los Angeles.
Hook graduated cum laude with bachelor of arts degrees in philosophy and political science from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She earned her juris doctorate from Notre Dame Law School, where she was a Thomas J.  White Scholar and staff member of the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy.

While attending law school, Hook served as a law clerk in the Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana in South Bend and in the Criminal Division of the Office of the United States Attorney for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. An active member of the community, Hook has served as a pro bono attorney for the HIV/AIDS Legal Service Alliance, Alliance for Children�s Rights and Public Counsel. She recently completed the Los Angeles County Bar Association Barristers Trial Advocacy Project and is currently a board member of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles.

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Contact:
Hilton Corporate Communications
Kathy Shepard
310/205-7676
www.hilton.com
 
Also See: Harold J. Pierce and Cherlyn Logan Join Hilton Hotels Human Resources Department / June 1999 
Hilton Acquires Promus for $4 Billion / Sept 1999 

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