Baker Botts Welcomes Leading, Nine-Partner Environmental, White Collar and Crisis Response Team to Four Offices, Further Strengthening Firm’s Highly Regarded Environmental and White Collar Practices

Baker Botts, L.L.P., a leading international energy and technology law firm, announced today the addition of a prominent group of environmental, health and safety (EHS) crisis response lawyers. Steve Solow, Nadira Clarke, Lily Chinn, Greg Dillard, Natalia Sorgente, Anne Carpenter, Scott Elliott, Matthew Baker and Danny Worrell have joined the firm as partners in the Litigation Department’s Environmental Section and White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations practice group, residing in Baker Botts’ Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Houston and Austin offices. The team joins Baker Botts from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth Expands Competition Practice with Addition of Craig Y. Lee as Head of Cartel and Antitrust Investigations Team

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP continues its expansion with the addition of Craig Y. Lee as a partner in its competition and consumer protection practice. Based in Washington, Lee will head the firm’s cartel and antitrust investigations team. Before joining Hunton Andrews Kurth, Lee most recently was a partner and led the global cartel task force at Baker McKenzie. More >>

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Former Treasury Assistant Secretary Eric Solomon Joins Steptoe

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 >>

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Caplin & Drysdale Welcomes Jonathan Black, George O’Connor, and Sarah Racicot

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 >>

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Cozen O’Connor Expands its Construction Law Practice in Washington D.C., Adding Stephen M. Seeger and Jesse S. Keene

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 >>

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Labor and Employment Partner Joins King & Spalding’s D.C. Office

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 >>

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Kelly Lippincott and Damon Wright Join Gordon & Rees as Partners in the Washington, D.C. and Alexandria, VA Offices

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 >>

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Former Acting ICE Director and Team Join Nixon Peabody, Form New Practice with Homeland Security Focus

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 >>

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