Connecticut and New York-based attorney Rob Lia, general counsel of the entertainment, marketing and investment company Wheelhouse Group, has joined the growing list of top in-house lawyers who have been tapped to serve nonlegal executive leadership roles. 

Wheelhouse founder and CEO Brent Montgomery named Lia president of the firm on Tuesday, stating in a news release that his chief lawyer “possesses expertise across so many disciplines critical to our business, and he has the ability to navigate important short-term needs, and the vision to take the long view, anticipating and planning for the future.”