Mayer Brown announced today that Charles Salem Hallab and Tahan (Tom) Thraya have joined the firm as Corporate & Securities partners, significantly expanding Mayer Brown’s Middle East practice and strengthening the firm’s global transactions offerings. Previously, Messrs. Hallab and Thraya were partners with Baker & McKenzie LLP. Joining them in the move to Mayer Brown are key associate members of their team. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Julia E. McEvoy, former Deputy Associate Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), has rejoined the Firm’s Washington Office as a partner in its Antitrust & Competition Law Practice. More >>

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Jamillia P. Ferris has joined the firm’s antitrust practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. Prior to joining the firm, Ferris served in the Office of General Counsel at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) where she led the FCC’s review of AT&T’s acquisition of DIRECTV. Previously, she was a partner at Hunton & Williams and a former chief of staff in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. More >>

The Washington, D.C., office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Jeff M. Cohen as a partner in the energy and infrastructure projects and transactions practice. He joins K&L Gates from Troutman Sanders LLP. More >>

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. is bolstering its growing Intellectual Property team in Washington, D.C. with the addition of Mark Pino, a leading attorney in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical areas, who joins as a Member. More >>

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Elizabeth Khalil to its Government Policy & Practice Group in the firm’s Chicago office. Elizabeth will also spend time in the Washington, D.C., office, as well as in the firm’s Michigan and Texas offices. Prior to joining Dykema, she served as Acting Special Assistant to Mark Pearce, Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)’s Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection (DCP). More >>

Dechert LLP announced today that Michael J. Barta has joined the firm in its Washington office as a partner in the litigation group. Barta was most recently a partner and Chair of the White-Collar Crime and Corporate Investigations group at Baker Botts LLP. More >>

Orrick announced today that Christopher Wilkinson, the former Associate Solicitor for Civil Rights and Labor Management at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), has joined the firm as a partner, resident in Washington, D.C. More >>

Areta Kupchyk has joined Foley Hoag LLP as a partner in the firm’s Washington D.C. office, where she will practice Food and Drug Administration (FDA) law. She will co-chair the firm’s Food and Drug Law practice, along with partner Paul Kim. More >>