Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that Eric Solomon, who has more than 40 years of tax experience in private practice and government service, has joined the firm’s Tax Group as a partner in the Washington office. He joins the firm from Ernst & Young LLP, where he was co-director of the national tax department. More >>

Evan Langdon, who represents domestic and foreign businesses on intellectual property matters before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), has joined Nixon Peabody’s Intellectual Property practice as a partner. More >>

Caplin & Drysdale welcomed new Associates, Jonathan Black, George O’Connor, and Sarah Racicot to the firm’s Washington, D.C., office in September. Mr. Black is an Associate in the Tax Controversy practice group. Mr. O’Connor is an Associate in the Complex Litigation and Bankruptcy practice groups. Ms. Racicot is an Associate in the Private Client practice group. More >>

Cozen O’Connor today announced it has taken another major step in the expansion of its Construction Law Group by adding two of the country’s premier construction industry litigators — Stephen M. Seeger and Jesse S. Keene — to its Washington D.C. office. Seeger and Keene have played leading roles in developing some of the largest building projects in Washington, D.C., one of the hottest and fastest-growing commercial and multifamily construction markets in the United States. Both come to the firm from Peckar and Abramson P.C., with Seeger joining Cozen O’Connor as a shareholder and Keene as a member. More >>

King & Spalding recruited Marcella Burke, previously senior counselor to Assistant Secretary of Land and Mineral Management within the United States Department of the Interior (DOI), as partner in the Government Matters practice in Washington, D.C. More >>

King & Spalding today announced that Ed Holzwanger has joined as a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment team in the Washington, D.C., office. Holzwanger, who joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis, provides employment counsel on corporate transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, debt financing, restructurings, and outsourcing arrangements. More >>

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes Kelly M. Lippincott and Damon W. D. Wright as partners in the Washington, D.C. and Alexandria, VA offices. Lippincott will also be a partner in the Baltimore, Maryland office. Lippincott was previously with Carr Maloney P.C. in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Wright joins the firm from the D.C. office of Venable, LLP. More >>

John Sandweg, former acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and former acting General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has joined Nixon Peabody together with his legal team. The Washington, DC-based team will spearhead the firm’s new Cross-Border Risks team. John comes to Nixon Peabody from Frontier Solutions, the investigatory, compliance, due diligence, and crisis management firm he founded in 2015. More >>

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Cynthia Langelier Paine has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Tax, Benefits, and Private Client group in the Washington, D.C., office. Cynthia focuses her practice on commercial real estate matters in addition to affordable housing, economic development, and subsidized transactions. Previously, Cynthia was special counsel in Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP’s real estate practice. More >>

Shearman & Sterling announced today the addition of Jay Singer as partner to the firm’s Tax practice. Jay will be based in the Washington D.C. office. Jay joins the firm from the Washington office of McDermott, Will & Emery. More >>