DLA Piper announced today that Margo Tank has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology practice as a partner in the Washington, DC, office. Tank, who was previously a partner at Buckley Sandler LLP and Goodwin Procter LLP, and served as counsel to the US House of Representatives Banking Committee for Chairman James Leach. More >>

Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the hiring of a leading nine lawyer insurance team in Washington, DC. Four partners — Doug Mangel, John Hockenbury, Joe Bailey and Alex Karam – and five associates are joining Clyde & Co from Shipman & Goodwin LLP. They will bolster the firm’s insurance coverage practice in its Washington, DC office, which opened its doors in February 2017 with a six partner insurance team. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that John Beahn has joined the firm’s Telecom practice as a partner in the Washington, DC, office. The Telecom practice is part of DLA Piper’s global Intellectual Property and Technology practice. Beahn joins DLA Piper from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP continues to expand its Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice with the addition of Marwan Azzi as a partner in New York. Azzi will work closely with the Firm’s Global Private Equity (PE) Industry Group. More >>

Angela Mariana (Manana) Freyre, former Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, has joined the Squire Patton Boggs Financial Services Practice as principal. More >>

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Jean Pawlow has joined the firm’s Tax Controversy Practice as a member of the Washington, D.C. and Silicon Valley offices. She is a prominent trial lawyer with a track record of success in large tax cases for financial institutions, retailers, technology companies, and industrial manufacturers. More >>

Bennet & Bennet, PLLC, a D.C.-area communications and technology law firm, has joined Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP. Led by Carri Bennet and Michael Bennet, the seven-lawyer Bennet & Bennet team practices in Womble Bond Dickinson’s Washington, D.C. office. More >>

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Natalie Tynan to its national labor and employment practice. Tynan joins the firm’s immigration group as a senior attorney in Washington. More >>

John M. Clerici has joined LeClairRyan as a partner on the firm’s Corporate Services and Government Contracts teams. He will be resident in the national law firm’s Washington, D.C. office. More >>