Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Luke W. Meier has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Government Contracts group in the Washington, D.C., office. Luke’s practice will focus on helping clients navigate regulations that apply when doing business with the federal government, including investigating and defending allegations of fraud typically brought under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). Luke joins Blank Rome from Covington & Burling LLP where he was special counsel in the firm’s Government Contracts practice group. More >>

Joseph J. LoBue has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Business Trial practice group and as a member of the firm’s International Arbitration team. LoBue joins from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, where he was a member of the firm’s International Arbitration, Aerospace & Defense and Intellectual Property practice groups. LoBue is the sixth lateral partner to join Sheppard Mullin’s Washington, D.C. office this year. More >>

King & Spalding announced today that Patrick Montgomery has joined the firm as a partner on its Special Matters team, which is part of the Government Matters practice group, in the Washington, D.C., office. Montgomery began his legal career at King & Spalding as an associate in Atlanta from 2008-2010, and joins from Kirkland & Ellis. More >>

Axinn is pleased to announce that Tiffany Rider has joined its Antitrust Group as a partner in the firm’s Washington, DC office. More >>

Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce that Eric Meiring has joined the firm’s Antitrust/Competition Practice as partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Eric was previously Assistant Chief of the Criminal II Section at the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division in Washington. More >>

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that John E. Smith has joined the firm in Washington, D.C., as a co-head of its National Security Practice, and a partner in its Global Risk + Crisis Management Group and Investigations + White Collar Group. Mr. Smith will also spend substantial time in the firm’s European and Tokyo offices. After serving 11 years as a top official in the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), including the past three years as OFAC Director, Mr. Smith brings to Morrison & Foerster unmatched experience in economic sanctions, enforcement, and national security. More >>

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Robert Fleishman has joined the Firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He moved to Covington & Burling LLP in 2003 and most recently was senior of counsel in the Washington, D.C., office of Morrison & Foerster LLP. More >>

John Hoover has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s structured finance practice, focusing on commercial aircraft transactions. Mr. Hoover will reside in the Washington, D.C., office. Most recently, he was a special counsel at Cooley LLP. More >>