Baker Botts L.P.P., a leading international law firm, today announced that Peter Huston has joined the firm’s Antitrust Practice as a Partner. Prior to entering private practice, Peter served as the Assistant Chief of the DOJ’s Antitrust Division San Francisco office and led multiple high-profile trial victories for the Antitrust Division. He will be based in Baker Botts’ San Francisco office and become the latest addition to an expanding West Coast presence of the firm’s award-winning global antitrust team. Mr. Huston joins Baker Botts from Sidley Austin. More >>

William A. Bogdan has joined LeClairRyan as a partner of the firm’s construction litigation and employment litigation teams. He is resident in the national law firm’s San Francisco office. More >>

Global law firm Goodwin announced today that Darryl M. Woo, a veteran trial lawyer for the technology industry, has joined the firm as a partner in its award-winning Intellectual Property practice resident in the firm’s San Francisco office. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that R. Bruce Steinert, Jr. has joined the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practice as a partner in the San Francisco office. Bruce received his J.D. from Rutgers Law School and his B.A., with honors, from Rutgers University. Prior to joining Perkins Coie, Bruce was a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig and a partner at Kirkland Ellis. More >>

Continuing the expansion of its Corporate Department, O’Melveny announced today the arrival of veteran life sciences transactions lawyer Geoffrey Kuziemko, who has joined the firm as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice. He will be based in O’Melveny’s San Francisco office and spend significant time working out of the firm’s Silicon Valley office. More >>