Bausch & Lomb names general counsel

ROCHESTER, N.Y. Bausch & Lomb has named Robert Bailey corporate vp and general counsel. Bailey was most recently vp, assistant general counsel and assistant secretary for the company.

Bailey re-joined Bausch & Lomb in 1997 after serving as associate general counsel and assistant secretary at Goulds Pumps from 1995-1997. He first joined at Bausch & Lomb as counsel from 1994 to 1995. He began his legal career as an associate with what is now the Nixon Peabody law firm in Rochester, N.Y.

Bailey replaces Robert Stiles who has announced his intention to retire from Bausch & Lomb in 2008, after a career spanning more than 25 years with Bausch & Lomb, most recently as senior vp and general counsel.