Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to bolster its corporate and transactional capabilities with the addition of Trevor J. Chaplick as a shareholder in its Washington, D.C. office. Chaplick joins Greenberg Traurig’s Corporate & Securities Practice on the heels of Todd E. Bowen, Christopher R. Machera, and Adam S. Tope in New York City and Christopher P. McHugh in Washington, D.C. Before joining the firm, Chaplick was a partner in Proskauer Rose LLP’s Corporate Department. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Tara K. Gorman has joined the firm’s Real Estate & Property Development practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Tara, who focuses on hotel development and acquisitions, was previously a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig LLP. More >>

Sarah (Xiaohua) Zhao has joined Faegre Baker Daniels as a partner in the firm’s corporate practice where she helps clients solve the challenges associated with international commercial transactions. More >>

Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that Michael A. Battle has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Litigation Department. More >>

Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the arrival of partner Andrew J. Sherman to the firm’s Corporate department in Washington, D.C. Sherman joins Seyfarth from Jones Day where he was global co-chair of its franchising and distribution practice and partner in the mergers and acquisitions department in Washington, D.C. More >>

Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the addition of partner Rob Burton to the firm’s internationally recognized Government Contracts Group in Washington, D.C. A 30-year veteran of procurement law and policy development, Burton is the former Acting and Deputy Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), the nation’s top career federal procurement official. Burton joins Crowell & Moring most recently from Venable LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s Government Contracts Group. His arrival comes on the heels of the addition of partner David Robbins, a former government Suspending and Debarring Official and Procurement Fraud Remedies Coordination Official, who joined the group in February 2016. More >>

Venable LLP announced that it has added a new team to its nationally renowned wealth management practice: prominent private wealth and tax lawyer Douglas Siegler, who joins the firm as a partner in Washington, DC; counsel Carolyn P. Vinson; and associate Emily A. Plocki. Mr. Siegler and his team arrive from the firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP. More >>

Morrison & Foerster., a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Mark L. Whitaker has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group in Washington, D.C. Mr. Whitaker comes to the firm from Baker Botts, where he led its International Trade Commission (ITC) practice and expanded its patent litigation in the ITC, district courts, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Mr. Whitaker brings to Morrison & Foerster’s renowned IP Litigation Practice Group a proven track record of success during the last 25 years. More >>