The law firm Adams and Reese LLP is enhancing its intellectual property team with the addition of Michael Bednarek to its Washington D.C. office. Bednarek joins as partner and is a member of the firm’s well-established global Intellectual Property (IP) practice.  Prior to joining Adams and Reese, Bednarek was a partner at several other firms, including Shearman & Sterling, Axinn and Locke Lord LLP. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Christopher J. Hagan has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office with a focus on private equity matters and mergers and acquisitions. More >>

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that Claudine Chen-Young joined the firm’s Structured Finance and Securitization practice as a partner in its Washington, DC office. More >>

Stinson Leonard Street is proud to announce that James Alford has joined the firm’s International and Energy, Environmental, Mining and Transportation practice groups as a partner. He practices in the firm’s Washington, DC office. More >>

Jones Day has announced that Benjamin Mizer and Shirlethia Franklin, both formerly of the U.S. Department of Justice, have joined the global law firm in Washington, D.C. Mr. Mizer joins the Issues & Appeals Practice as a partner, while Ms. Franklin joins the Firm as of counsel in its Business & Tort Litigation Practice. More >>

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that former Chairman (and Director of the Office of Enforcement) of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Norman C. Bay and former Acting General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury Priya R. Aiyar have joined the firm as partners in the Washington office. More >>

With state and federal regulators continuing to scrutinize financial institutions’ consumer-facing operations, Davis Wright Tremaine has added two new partners in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office who bring significant experience with investigations and supervisory, enforcement, and litigation matters, particularly those involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). More >>

Saul Ewing LLP, a full-service law firm with more than 260 lawyers in 11 East Coast offices, today announced that Judith B. Kassel has joined the firm as a partner in the Business and Finance and Government Contracts Practices, resident in the Washington, D.C. office. More >>

Citing the firm’s excellent trial reputation, well-known D.C. trial attorney Buffy J. Mims joins Shook, Hardy & Bacon. Mims is highly experienced in the courtroom and will serve clients in cutting-edge technologies including healthcare, life sciences and others. Founded more than a century ago, Shook fields the most sophisticated and forward-thinking trial attorneys who represent the world’s leading companies in and out of the courtroom, protecting their business investments and maximizing opportunities for growth. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that commercial litigator and trial attorney Matthew Papez has joined the Firm’s Business & Tort Litigation Practice as a partner in its Washington Office. More >>