Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international law firm, announced today that Amy Conway-Hatcher, a highly experienced litigator and former Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington D.C., has joined the firm’s White Collar practice based in Washington D.C. More >>

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP announced today that Anthony Venturino has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Venturino has nearly 30 years of experience in patent law with particular technical expertise in chemistry, catalysts, oil, gas and coal processing, metallurgy, surfactants, polymers, pharmaceuticals, compositions, biotechnology and medical devices. More >>

Hunton & Williams LLP announces the continued expansion of its real estate practice with the arrival of Marvin W. Ehrlich as partner in the firm’s capital finance and real estate group in Washington. Ehrlich focuses on matters concerning all aspects of commercial real estate development and finance, representing banks, insurance companies, financial institutions and borrowers in both CMBS and portfolio financing and distressed loan workout transactions. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that Gregory Smith has joined the firm’s Finance practice as a partner in the Washington, DC, office. More >>

Continuing the growth and expansion of its Washington, D.C., office, Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that Nicole H. Sprinzen has joined the firm as a member of the Criminal Defense & Internal Investigations practice. She comes to Cozen O’Connor from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and will reside in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Sprinzen was previously a prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Criminal Division’s Fraud Section. More >>

Dechert LLP is pleased to announce that Vincent H. Cohen, Jr. has joined the firm in its Washington office as a partner in the litigation group. Cohen most recently served as the acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. As the head of the largest United States Attorney’s Office in the nation, Cohen managed more than 300 federal prosecutors and oversaw some of the nation’s most significant prosecutions involving national security, financial fraud, public corruption, and cyber-crime. More >>

Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Nancy K. Stade has joined the firm in Washington, D.C. as a partner in its Food, Drug and Medical Device Regulatory practice. Ms. Stade joins Sidley from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) where she served for more than 15 years and held multiple high-level policy positions, most recently that of counselor in the Office of the Commissioner. More >>

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Jenny Lee has joined the Firm’s Trial Group as a Partner in Washington, D.C. More >>

Washington, DC. Nixon Peabody is expanding in Washington, DC, with the arrival of new partner Sean P. Clancy. With almost two decades of experience counseling clients on a broad range of tax and business planning and tax policy matters, Sean represents public and private companies on mergers & acquisitions, corporate tax and executive compensation matters. More >>