Holland & Knight announced today that Christopher J. Armstrong has joined the firm as a partner in its Public Policy & Regulation Practice Group in Washington, D.C. Most recently, Mr. Armstrong was chief oversight counsel for the Senate Finance Committee. More >>

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Allison Fulton has joined its Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Life Sciences and FDA team. Fulton joins Sheppard Mullin from Sidley Austin LLP. More >>

O’Melveny today announced that Benjamin D. Singer, a former senior prosecutor in the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, is joining the firm as a partner in its White Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations practice. Mr. Singer was head of the Criminal Division’s Securities & Financial Fraud Unit and the Health Care Fraud Unit, and directed some of the Justice Department’s most significant investigations of the health care, financial services, and automobile industries. He will begin working at O’Melveny effective July 1, 2018, and will be based in the firm’s Washington, DC, office. More >>

King & Spalding today announced that Joel McElvain, former Assistant Branch Director with the Federal Programs Branch of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), has joined the firm as a partner on the Healthcare team in the Washington, D.C., office. More >>

Quinn Emanuel added power to its white-collar defense lineup Monday, tapping Sandra L. Moser for a key leadership role in the firm’s criminal defense, investigations and crisis practice areas. Moser, a 12-year veteran of the U.S. Department of Justice, has been for the last two years at the helm of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section – a job she left last week. More >>

BakerHostetler announced today the addition of Teresa M. Goody to its Washington, D.C. office, where she will continue her broad-based securities and corporate law practice that includes defending SEC investigations and assisting clients with securities litigation, as well as serving as general securities and corporate counsel. She joins from the firm The Goody Group PLLC, where she was founder and CEO. More >>

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced that lawyers Michael Kelly and Douglas Paul have joined the firm as partners in the Washington, D.C. office, deepening its national litigation bench, particularly in the areas of white collar crime and compliance. Kelly and Paul, a former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) branch chief, bring decades of experience advising individuals and companies involved in government investigations, and criminal and civil enforcement actions, including matters related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), securities fraud, and other U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and SEC investigations. More >>

Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that it has strengthened its Restructuring & Insolvency Practice with the addition of highly experienced partners Christopher J. Giaimo and Jeffrey N. Rothleder, based in the firm’s Washington DC office. Mr. Giaimo and Mr. Rothleder arrive from Clark Hill PLC. More >>

Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Greg Wagner has joined the firm as a partner in the Regulatory Practice in the Washington, DC office. Mr. Wagner represents and advises clients in the oil, natural gas, and electricity industries in regulatory, litigation, and transactional matters. More >>