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 >>

The Washington, D.C., office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes John ReVeal as a partner in the consumer financial services practice. He joins K&L Gates from Bryan Cave LLP, where he was the head of the retail banking practice. More >>

McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the arrival of Ian B. Brooks as a partner in the Firm’s Intellectual Property Practice. He joins recent lateral partners Nicole Jantzi and Paul Schoenhard in the DC office. Together this group will further enhance McDermott’s IP litigation offerings, particularly with respect to the Firm’s capabilities in representing clients before the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) and in post-grant review proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). More >>

Morgan Lewis welcomes to its Washington, DC, office partners Mark R. Riccardi and Cory E. Barry, two lawyers with broad backgrounds in representing financial industry clients who will further strengthen the firm’s global structured transactions team. They formerly were partners at a firm focusing on financial services representations in the United States. More >>

Squire Patton Boggs has further expanded in one of the legal industry’s fastest growing practice areas with the addition of two partners, Robin Campbell and Elliot Golding, to its Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. They join the firm in Washington DC from Crowell & Moring. More >>

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international law firm, today announced that Mark R. Spivak has joined the firm’s Global Projects Practice. Mr. Spivak is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.
Prior to joining Baker Botts, Mr. Spivak was the Co-Chair of the Project Development and Finance Practice at Vinson & Elkins. More >>