NEW: Obama's lawyer on the Netflix and Spotify deals is going into the Biden Treasury Department businessinsider.com/obama-foundati… by @cryanbarber ($) @thisisinsider
The Treasury Department has turned to the upper ranks of former President Obama's nonprofit foundation to fill a pair of leadership posts, tapping into a friendly feeding ground for talent as the Biden admin steps up federal spending on pandemic and economic relief efforts.
Addar Levi, the top lawyer for the Obama Foundation and an attorney from the former president's personal office, is joining the Treasury Department as deputy general counsel in the coming weeks, @thisisinsider has learned.
Levi's planned move comes as the Obama Foundation's president, Wally Adeyemo, awaits confirmation to serve as the No. 2 official at the Treasury Department under Secretary Janet Yellen.
As the Obamas' personal office lawyer, Levi helped the former president and first lady ink recent production deals with Netflix and Spotify. At the foundation, she and Adeyemo were also closely involved in the development of Obama's presidential library.
After repeated delays, a legal challenge and federal review, construction of the Obama Presidential Center is set to begin later this year on the South Side of Chicago.
Levi was among several alumni who stayed close in the 44th president's orbit & found post-government work at the Obama Foundation. She became the foundation's GC in '19 following the departure of Dana Remus, who left to join Biden's campaign & now serves as White House counsel.
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