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 >>

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international law firm today announced that Maureen K. Ohlhausen has joined the firm, and will become a partner and a Co-Chair of the global Antitrust Practice effective January 1, 2019. More >>

Eric B. Bruce, a former high ranking official in the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and one of the country’s leading white collar lawyers, has joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP (“Freshfields”) as a partner in Washington, DC. His addition enhances the firm’s global dispute resolution offering and strengthens Freshfields’ growing and internationally recognized global investigations and litigation practice, an integrated team that includes prominent former government prosecutors in the United States, Asia, Continental Europe and the United Kingdom. Eric spent the last nine years as a leader of Kobre & Kim LLP’s white collar criminal defense practice in its Washington, DC office. He is the latest significant addition to the team, joining recent hires Eric Mahr and Daniel Braun from the DOJ, Ben Morgan from the Serious Fraud Office in London, and Simone Kämpfer, a prominent white collar lawyer in continental Europe. More >>

Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Jared M. Stout has joined the firm as a policy advisor in the Legislative and Government Affairs Practice in the Washington, DC office. Mr. Stout advises clients on a wide array of interdisciplinary aerospace issues, including the civil, commercial, and national security space sectors. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that David Fletcher has joined the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice and Government Contracts subgroup as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. More >>