Mets Elevate Two Veteran In-House Lawyers to Co-General Counsel

The New York Mets have named James Denniston and Jessica Villanella as co-general counsel after the departure of former legal chief David Cohen.

Denniston has been senior counsel for the team since 2013. The Mets hired Denniston, a former sponsorship and licensing contracts employee for Major League Baseball, as a legal counsel in 2008, the team’s final year playing at Shea Stadium.

Villanella joined the Mets as a legal counsel in 2014 after she spent nearly a year as an associate at Jackson Lewis in Melville, N.Y. She had previously interned in the general counsel’s office at the National ...