DLA Piper announced today that Danish Hamid has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in Washington, DC. Hamid joins from Cooley, where he was the co-chair of the firm’s FCPA and International Anti-Corruption Practice. More >>

The Seattle office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes partner Michael D. McKay and associate Krysta A. Liveris to the investigations, enforcement, and white collar practice. They will join K&L Gates next month from McKay Chadwell PLLC, of which McKay was a founding partner. More >>

Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that John K. DiPaolo has joined the firm as a member of the Institutional Response Group (IRG). Previously, DiPaolo worked at the U.S. Department of Education, where he was most recently the deputy general counsel for postsecondary education. More >>

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP is pleased to announce that Michael Bahar has joined the firm’s Litigation Practice Group as a partner in the Washington DC office. He will also serve as Leader of the US Cybersecurity and Privacy team. Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland (US), Mr. Bahar served as Staff Director and General Counsel to the Minority Staff of the US House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. More >>

Stinson Leonard Street is pleased to announce that Roy Goldberg has joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, DC office. He joins the firm from Steptoe & Johnson LLP. More >>

Charles D. Tobin—a nationally recognized lawyer for the country’s leading media companies—has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in our Washington, D.C., office, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today. More >>

Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to welcome Tara McGraw Swaminatha to the firm as a partner in the Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. She joins from DLA Piper LLP and previously served as a federal prosecutor in the Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section at the Department of Justice (DOJ). She is recognized in The Legal 500 Cyber Law category, where she is “commended for her experience in high-profile data breach investigations” and “understands forensics and is able to digest technical reports in a meaningful and actionable way.” Ms. Swaminatha’s addition marks the latest in a series of recent hires the firm has made to its cybersecurity practice across the US, Europe and Asia. More >>

Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the arrival of partners Richard E. (Rick) Wallace Jr. and Peter C. (Pete) Condron to the firm’s Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation Group. Wallace and Condron are recognized trial lawyers in commercial, toxic tort, product liability, and environmental matters, and they are among the foremost litigators handling high-exposure environmental litigation brought by state attorneys general, municipalities, consumer advocates, and plaintiffs. Their arrival strengthens Crowell & Moring’s capabilities to defend clients in product liability and environmental litigation in courts across the United States. More >>

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Erica Williams and Marian Fowler have joined the Firm’s Washington, D.C., office as partners. Ms. Williams joins the Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Practice Group and Ms. Fowler joins the Investment Funds Group. More >>