Newark, New Jersey-based Panasonic Corporation of North America has named a new general counsel, the electronics company announced Tuesday.

After nearly five years with Panasonic,  Jessica Hodkinson, who had been serving as the company’s interim in-house legal leader, has been officially promoted to general counsel and secretary. She’s taking over for Damien Atkins, who left Panasonic earlier this year for a sweet GC gig at The Hershey Co.