Bracewell LLP announced today that Stephen L. Braga has joined the firm’s Washington, DC office as a partner to lead the firm’s white collar defense practice. Braga currently is a professor of law at the University of Virginia School of Law, where he teaches white collar criminal defense and serves as the director of the Appellate Litigation Clinic. He was a partner at Baker Botts until 2008, when he joined Ropes & Gray LLP. More >>

Holland & Knight has expanded its Public Policy & Regulatory Practice Group with the addition of Kara Ward as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Ms. Ward focuses on financial services and the housing finance market. Previously, she was with Venable in Washington. More >>

Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that antitrust lawyer Amanda L. Wait has joined the global law firm as a partner in its Washington, DC office. Amanda comes to Norton Rose Fulbright from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, where she led its competition and consumer protection practice. More >>

Thomas M. Davis III, who served 14 years in Congress as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Northern Virginia’s 11th District, has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its Public Policy & Regulation Group in Washington, D.C., and Tysons, Va. He was previously with Deloitte, where he was a director of federal government affairs. More >>

In a further expansion of its intellectual property practice, Morgan Lewis today welcomes Hosang Lee as a partner resident in Washington, DC. Hosang, who focuses on patent prosecution, licensing, and litigation, has extensively represented clients based in Korea and other parts of Asia. He arrives from another global law firm and joins 16 former partner colleagues and many other lawyers—including of counsel Daniel Bucca, who joined Morgan Lewis last month—in broadening the firm’s technology and life sciences industry focus in IP patent prosecution and litigation. More >>

Mark Mansour has joined Locke Lord’s Washington, D.C., office as a Partner in the Firm’s IP Pharmaceutical Practice Group. With more than two decades of experience handling federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory matters, he will strengthen the Firm’s FDA practice both in Washington, D.C., and across the Firm. Mansour joins Locke Lord from Foley Hoag where he was a Partner. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that J.A. Glaccum has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in Washington, DC. Glaccum joins from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. More >>

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP (“Freshfields”) announced today that Andrew (“Andy”) J. Ewalt, former Counsel to the Director of Litigation of the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”), has joined as a partner in the firm’s global antitrust litigation practice. Andy’s appointment will bolster the firm’s US antitrust litigation offering in Washington, DC and follows the arrival of leading US antitrust litigator Eric Mahr from the DOJ in February of this year. More >>