Dechert Adds CFIUS and Industrial Security Partner Shannon Reaves as Co-Chair of National Security Practice

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Dechert announced today the addition of Shannon Reaves as a partner and co-chair of its national security practice group. Mr. Reaves brings almost two decades of experience in cross-border transaction reviews before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) mitigation with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). He joins Hrishikesh Hari as co-chair and will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Reaves arrives at the firm from Squire Patton Boggs.

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Alston & Bird Adds Former Senior FDA Official as Life Sciences Partner in Washington

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Alston & Bird has tapped former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deputy chief counsel Perham Gorji to join its FDA: Compliance & Enforcement Team and Drug & Device practice, as a partner in Washington, D.C., strengthening the firm’s ability to handle enforcement matters, internal investigations, and regulatory disputes involving FDA-regulated medical products. Gorji arrives at the firm from DLA Piper.

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Skadden Welcomes Partners Archis Parasharami, Daniel Jones and Kevin Ranlett, Expanding Capabilities in Consumer Class Actions, Multidistrict Litigation and Mass Arbitration

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Skadden is pleased to welcome Archis Parasharami as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and Palo Alto offices. Mr. Parasharami joins Skadden from Mayer Brown LLP, where he served as co-head of its Washington, D.C. litigation and dispute resolution practice and co-leader of its class action practice. With two decades of experience managing complex litigation, he will play a pivotal role in expanding Skadden’s leading class action defense, multidistrict litigation and mass arbitration capabilities. He will be joined in Washington, D.C. by Daniel Jones and Kevin Ranlett, who are also joining the firm as partners and previously worked with Mr. Parasharami at Mayer Brown LLP.

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Marcus Childress, Former Senior Advisor to U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Joins Akin as Co-Head of Congressional Investigations Practice

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Akin announced today that Marcus Childress—former senior advisor and special counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee—has joined the firm in Washington, D.C. as a partner and co-head of the congressional investigations practice. Abigail (Abby) Kohlman, a congressional investigations partner who previously served as chief of staff and special counsel to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Legislative Affairs, has also been named a co-head of the group. Childress and Kohlman expand Akin’s premier platform for guiding clients through the escalating convergence of congressional inquiries, parallel DOJ investigations and high‑stakes civil litigation.

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Alston & Bird Adds Derivatives and Commodities Partner with Focus on Emerging Financial Products

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Alston & Bird has added partner Cheryl Isaac as a partner in its Financial Services Group in Washington, D.C., strengthening the firm’s focus on regulatory and transactional issues tied to derivatives products, prediction markets, commodity trading, digital assets, and decentralized finance—areas of increasing importance to clients such as asset managers and investment funds. Isaac joins the firm from the Washington branch of K&L Gates LLP.

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Latham Adds Leading Patent Trial Lawyer in Washington, D.C.

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that David Shaw has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice. Shaw is a first-chair trial lawyer who focuses on high-stakes patent litigation across the technology and life sciences sectors in federal district courts and Section 337 proceedings before the International Trade Commission (ITC). Shaw joins Latham from Desmarais LLP in Washington, D.C.

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Bradley Adds Scott F. Mascianica and Andrew Bastnagel to Government Enforcement & Investigations Practice Group

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Bradley continues the strategic expansion of its Government Enforcement & Investigations Practice Group with the additions of partner Scott F. Mascianica in Dallas and counsel Andrew Bastnagel in Washington, D.C. Both attorneys join Bradley from Hilgers PLLC, where Mr. Mascianica led that firm’s Government Enforcement & Investigations practice.

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Winston & Strawn Adds Former DOJ Litigator Matthew Huppert to Antitrust Practice

Monday, March 2, 2026

Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that Matthew Huppert has joined the firm as a Partner in Washington, D.C as a member of the Litigation Department and the Antitrust & Competition Practice. He comes to the firm from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, where he served as a trial attorney and counsel to the Assistant Attorney General.

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