Building on its momentum from an extremely successful 2015, Pillsbury’s Insurance Recovery practice has announced the addition of a nationally renowned team of insurance litigators to the firm’s Washington, DC, office. The group of seven — led by partners Mark Plumer, David Klein and Alex Lathrop — joins from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, where Plumer served as chair of Orrick’s national insurance practice and Klein was deputy chair. More >>

Edward J. McAndrew, a former federal cybercrime prosecutor with significant experience in private practice, has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in the Philadelphia, Delaware, and Washington, D.C., offices, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today. More >>

Arnold & Porter LLP announced today that a highly regarded legislative group has joined the firm’s Washington, DC office. The team includes Kevin M. O’Neill, who joins Arnold & Porter as a partner and will co-lead the Legislative practice group, Eugenia E. Pierson, who joins as a senior policy advisor and head of healthcare legislative advocacy, and Kristine Blackwood, who joins as counsel. Eight additional legislative professionals will also join the Arnold & Porter team, including: associates Dana Weekes, Greg Louer and Pari Mody; policy advisor Amy Smith; senior policy specialist, Amy Davenport; and policy specialists Samantha Martin, Roxana Boyd, and Meredith Good-Cohn. The group expands the firm’s existing legislative capabilities, and enhances the healthcare policy practice. More >>

Crowell & Moring LLP today announced that Joseph M. Miller, the former general counsel of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), joined the firm as a partner in its Antitrust and Health Care groups. More >>

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 >>