Mark F. Dever and Eduardo R. Guzmán have joined the Squire Patton Boggs Communications Practice Group in Washington DC as partners from Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP. More >>

The law firm Miles & Stockbridge today announced that highly-regarded health care lawyers Robert Zinkham, Lisa C. Keenan and Molly E. G. Ferraioli have joined the firm’s expanding health care practice. All were most recently with the health care group at Venable LLP. More >>

King & Spalding is pleased to announce that Steven Kupka will join the firm as partner in the Government Advocacy & Public Policy practice in the Washington, D.C., office. He will focus on advising clients on international trade promotion, foreign regulatory issues and foreign asset recovery efforts. More >>

The Washington, D.C. office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, has added Steven Barringer as a shareholder in its Government Law & Policy and Environmental practices. Barringer, who served two years as a Special Assistant to the Solicitor in the U.S. Department of the Interior, has counseled clients for more than 30 years on federal legislative and agency strategy, and on issues related to toxic chemicals, hazardous substances and hazardous waste, and water quality. More >>

Michael Best is pleased to announce that John Sheehan has joined its Environmental & Natural Resources Practice Group as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Sheehan, who joins from a national firm in Washington, previously served as a senior trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice in its Environmental and Natural Resources Division for over 13 years during which time he also served as a special counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and as a special advisor in EPA’s Office of General Counsel. More >>

Thomas M. Reynolds, who served 10 years in Congress, and Sally Vastola, his chief of staff for all five terms, have joined Holland & Knight as senior policy advisors in its Public Policy & Regulation Practice Group in Washington, D.C. Joining the firm with them are Douglas Dziak and Jodi Richardson as senior counsel and public affairs advisor respectively. All were previously with Nixon Peabody. More >>

Hughes Hubbard & Reed announced that Dean Pinkert joined the firm as a partner in its International Trade Group.

Pinkert was most recently a Commissioner on the U.S. International Trade Commission. More >>

Brendan Wilson has joined Faegre Baker Daniels as a partner in the corporate and nonprofit organizations practices.

Wilson provides corporate and tax advice to clients engaged in transactional matters. He also counsels clients on nonprofit corporation, charitable trust law and other legal issues affecting nonprofit organizations. More >>