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 >>

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 >>