Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney expands its thriving Washington, D.C. litigation team with the addition of shareholder John P. Cunningham, who joins Buchanan from Baker McKenzie. Cunningham is the third litigation hire in D.C. in as many months, joining Jonathan D. Janow and Phillip C. Chang – both also from Am Law 50 firms. More >>

Michael Best is pleased to announce that Mark Yacura has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as partner and will focus his practice FDA Regulatory matters. Previously, Yacura was a partner at Quarles & Brady LLP. More >>

Eileen Marshall has joined Cooley as partner and member of the tax practice group. She arrives from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and will divide her time between Cooley’s Washington, DC, and Palo Alto offices. More >>

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Partners Mary Craig Calkins and Helen K. Michael, Of Counsel Daniel H. Rylaarsdam, and Associate Sarah L. Edri, along with additional professional staff, have joined the Firm’s nationally recognized Insurance Recovery group. Helen is based in the Firm’s Washington, D.C., office, and Mary, Dan, and Sarah are based in the Los Angeles office. With decades of combined experience, the team joins from Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP where Helen served as former co-chair of the firm’s insurance recovery practice and Mary led the firm’s West Coast insurance practice. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Thomas Jensen, a nationally recognized environmental and natural resources law attorney, has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Environment, Energy & Resources (EER) practice. Tom joins Perkins Coie from Holland & Hart LLP. More >>

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces the addition of Wendell Faria as partner in its Capital Markets practice. Faria focuses his practice on the regulation of investment companies and investment advisers, general securities regulation, and the structuring and operation of private investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, and real estate funds. He will be resident in the Firm’s Washington, DC, office. More >>

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Tarek Helou has joined the firm’s government investigations practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. Prior to joining WSGR, Helou was an assistant chief in the Department of Justice’s FCPA Unit in Washington, D.C. since 2014. More >>

BakerHostetler has announced that Marc G. Schildkraut has joined the firm as a partner in its antitrust and competition practice. Based in Washington, D.C., Schildkraut was previously with Cooley LLP. More >>

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Dominique L. Casimir has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Government Contracts group in the Washington, D.C., office. Dominique’s practice focuses on government contracts law with an emphasis on litigation, regulatory counseling, and responding to government enforcement actions. Dominique joins Blank Rome from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP where she was a partner in the firm’s government contracts practice. More >>

Morgan Lewis today welcomes white collar and False Claims Act litigators Douglas Baruch and Jennifer Wollenberg as partners resident in Washington, DC. Doug and Jenny arrive from Fried Frank, where Doug led the FCA and FIRREA practice. More >>