Alston & Bird announced today that highly regarded M&A attorney Keith E. Gottfried has joined the Washington, D.C. office of the firm as a partner in its Corporate Transactions & Securities Group. Gottfried concentrates his practice primarily on M&A transactions, shareholder activism, contested control transactions, corporate governance, SEC reporting issues, NYSE and NASDAQ compliance, and general corporate matters.

The law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Lawrence R. Robins is joining the firm’s Intellectual Property Department as a partner in Boston.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce the continued expansion of its White Collar Criminal Defense practice group with the addition of former Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Ty E. Howard as a partner in the firm’s Nashville office.

Michael Volkov has joined the law firm of LeClairRyan as a shareholder in the Litigation Department. He will be resident in the firm’s Alexandria, Va. and Washington, D.C. offices.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP today announces that Paul S. Nicolosi and Gino Galluzzo, former Managing Partners of Nicolosi & Associates, LLC, have joined the firm as partners in the Chicago and Rockford offices. Joining them are Greg Cox, Kelly Hintzsche and Kelly Huo.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that it has named Martin Milner as a partner in its U.S. and International Tax Practice Group, based in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office.