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A.B. Cruz III, 45SVP and General Counsel
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A.B. Cruz III
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A.B. Cruz IIISenior Vice President and General Counsel
A.B. Cruz III was named senior vice president and general counsel for The E. W. Scripps Company in March 2004.
As the company's general counsel, Cruz is responsible for managing the company's legal function across all of its operating divisions and media enterprises.
Cruz, 45, came to Scripps from BET Holdings Inc. where he had been vice president, deputy general counsel and assistant secretary since 1999.He played a leading role in BET's $3 billion merger with Viacom in 2001.Before joining BET, Cruz was a senior associate with the Washington D.C. law firm of Wiley, Rein & Fielding where he represented various telecommunications companies, including a major telecommunications association.
Cruz is a 1992 graduate of Catholic University's Columbus School of Law in Washington D.C.He is a member of the District of Columbia, New York, Pennsylvania and U.S. Supreme Court bars.In addition to his Juris Doctorate, Cruz holds a master's of business administration degree in marketing from the University of Maryland at College Park and a bachelor's of science degree in engineering from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.Cruz is a Captain in the U.S. Naval Reserves.