Mayer Brown announced today that leading intellectual property lawyer Brian J. Winterfeldt has joined the firm in Washington DC as a partner in the Intellectual Property practice, where he will serve as co-leader of the firm’s Global Brand Management and Internet practice. Previously, he was a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, where he led that firm’s Internet practice. Joining Mr. Winterfeldt in the move from Katten to Mayer Brown is a team of lawyers, including one counsel in New York and two associates in New York and Washington DC. More >>

Veteran Government Contracts litigator Daniel P. Graham has joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, where he will help lead V&E’s Government Contracts team. More >>

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome James J. Murphy as a shareholder in the firm’s Washington office. Murphy joins Ogletree Deakins from General Dynamics, where he spent the last 10 years as the company’s chief labor and employment counsel. He will serve as co-chair of Ogletree Deakins’ Defense Contracting Industry Group. More >>