Austal Hires Officer

Austal USA recently announced that Adam Overstreet joined the company as vice president of legal affairs and chief compliance officer. Overstreet will manage a broad spectrum of legal issues, including employment and labor law matters, commercial transactions and litigation. As the company’s chief compliance officer, he will oversee and strengthen the execution of compliance activities throughout the organization. Overstreet joins Austal with more than 20 years of legal experience. Serving most recently as Huntington Ingalls Industries Ingalls Shipbuilding Division’s senior counsel, he supervised internal investigations for Ingalls and managed the litigation docket for the company’s mission technologies division. He also served as an assistant U.S. attorney for 10 years, specializing in the prosecution of white collar crimes. He earned a BA in criminal justice from Auburn University and a JD from the University of Alabama School of Law.