DLA Piper announced today that Peter Karanjia has joined the firm’s Telecom and Appellate practices as a partner in Washington, DC. He will serve as chair of the Administrative Law Appellate practice. He joins from Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, where he was co-chair of the firm’s Appellate Practice, and received his LL.M. from Harvard Law School and his M.A. and B.A. in Law from Oxford University. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that Mary Dunbar has joined the firm’s Finance practice as a partner in Washington, DC. Dunbar joins from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP. More >>

Akin Gump is pleased to announce that Matthew E. Wetzel has joined the firm as a senior counsel in its nationally recognized health care and life sciences practice. Mr. Wetzel comes to Akin Gump from the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), where he served as vice president and deputy general counsel. More >>

Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that former U.S. Congressmen Joseph Crowley (D-NY) and Bill Shuster (R-PA) are joining the firm effective immediately. With this hire, the firm adds two of the most sought after former members of the U.S. House of Representatives to its global public policy practice. We welcome their arrival. More >>

Chai R. Feldblum, most recently a commissioner of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and a leading voice on workplace diversity, inclusion, harassment prevention, and disability rights issues, and her former chief of staff, Sharon Perley Masling, are joining Morgan Lewis as labor and employment partners and directors of the firm’s workplace culture consulting and training practice, resident in Washington, DC. More >>

Akin Gump is pleased to announce that Angela B. Styles has joined the firm as a partner in its government contracts practice. With a practice spanning nearly 25 years, Ms. Styles is among the most prominent government contracts lawyers in the United States. More >>

Morgan Lewis continues its focus on global depth of capabilities by adding a team of investment management, tax, and corporate lawyers in Washington, DC, and in Abu Dhabi, where the firm will open an office on March 1 as its 31st office worldwide, adding to the firm’s existing strengths in Dubai. All joining from the same global law firm, partner Courtney Nowell will lead a seven-lawyer, 10-person team in Washington, DC, and partner Bill Nash will lead an eight-lawyer, 21-person team in Abu Dhabi. More >>

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Jeffrey Lehtman has joined the firm’s government investigations practice as partner in the Washington, D.C., office. Lehtman most recently served as co-chair of the litigation department at Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP (RK&O) where he joined the firm as an associate in 2007 and was subsequently promoted to partner. More >>

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Alice (“Ali”) L. Connaughton has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the REIT Group. Ms. Connaughton, who brings more than 18 years of experience advising public companies, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other entities in various capital markets transactions, will also play a key role in the firm’s Corporate Finance | Capital Markets Group. She joins Morrison & Foerster from Greenberg Traurig. More >>