Lewis Brisbois is excited to announce the addition of four attorneys to the firm’s Environmental & Administrative Law Practice in its Washington, D.C. office. Jane C. Luxton and Karen C. Bennett join as partners and co-chairs of the newly expanded practice. The group also includes William J. Walsh, who joins as a partner, and Amanda L. Tharpe, who joins as an associate. More >>

Clifford Chance today announced that Sharis A. Pozen is joining the Firm as a partner and will co-chair the Global Antitrust Group. She will be based in Washington, DC.
Pozen comes to Clifford Chance from General Electric, where she was the company’s vice president for Global Competition Law and Policy. In that role, she was responsible for leading GE’s global merger clearance on numerous significant, transformational deals, steering global antitrust investigations to positive conclusions, antitrust compliance and other related issues. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day has announced the arrival of three lawyers to the Firm’s Washington Office. David Applebaum and Michael Oblon both join the Firm as partners in its Energy and Intellectual Property practices, respectively, while Amie Colwell Breslow comes to Jones Day as of counsel in the Tax Practice. More >>

Alston & Bird has expanded its Corporate Transactions & Securities Practice with the addition of Alex Park as partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.

Arriving from Womble Bond Dickinson LLP, Park is a seasoned corporate and securities transactional attorney with a finance and accounting background. His career also includes co-founding a technology-based startup and serving as its general counsel and chief operating officer. More >>

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Samuel R. Ramer, who most recently served as Senior Associate Counsel to the President at the White House, has joined its Washington, DC office as a partner. More >>

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Matt Herrington and Tom Best, two leading Anti-corruption and FCPA practitioners, have joined the firm as partners in the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice, and will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. They join from Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where they were partners. More >>

The Washington, D.C., office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Andrew M. Wright as a partner in the public policy and law practice. Wright’s addition builds on the firm’s substantial existing capability to handle congressional oversight and investigations matters, executive branch compliance, and government enforcement actions at a time of increased activity in these areas. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that Douglas Boggs has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in Washington, DC. More >>

Eamonn K. Moran has joined LeClairRyan as a partner on the firm’s banking industry team. He is resident in the national law firm’s Washington, D.C. office. More >>

Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the appointment of Alan Joaquin as a partner in its global insurance practice. Alan joins the firm’s Washington, DC office from Drinker Biddle, having previously been a prosecutor with the US Department of Justice. More >>