Akin Gump is pleased to announce that Monte A. Jackel, a respected practitioner in the area of partnership taxation, has joined Akin Gump as senior counsel in its tax practice in Washington. More >>

Garen E. Dodge has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Labor and Employment practice group. Dodge joins from Jackson Lewis P.C. where he led the firm’s Government Relations practice and was co-coordinator of the firm’s Government Contracts and Background Checks industry groups. More >>

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to grow its Washington, D.C. office with the addition of former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Enforcement Division Senior Officer Elaine C. Greenberg as a shareholder in the firm’s Litigation Practice. More >>

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Andrew Hurst has joined the firm’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice as partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Hurst joins Foley with more than two decades of experience litigating matters related to civil fraud and white collar criminal defense. More >>

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that Robert M. Masters has joined the Firm as a partner in the Litigation Department, resident in the Washington, DC office. Mr. Masters’ practice is focused on patent litigation, specifically in the technology sector. He routinely handles patent, trade secret, copyright, and trademark/trade dress litigations. In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Masters has worked on mergers and acquisitions, advising clients with respect to intellectual property assets and portfolio management and monetization; he has also represented clients in licensing negotiations. More >>

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP is continuing to add depth to its already busy litigation practice in its Washington D.C. office. Daniel I. Prywes joins the firm as a Litigation partner. He was previously with Bryan Cave, LLP. More >>

Nossaman has expanded its internationally recognized Infrastructure Practice Group and strengthened its corporate compliance practice with the hire of Edward Fishman, who joins the Washington, DC office as a Partner. More >>

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that former federal prosecutor Patrick Stokes will join the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Stokes most recently served as Senior Deputy Chief of the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Within the last six years at the DOJ, he also served as Chief of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit and Co-Chief of the Securities and Financial Fraud Unit. At Gibson Dunn, Stokes will focus on litigation, white collar defense and investigations. More >>

FisherBroyles is pleased to announce the recent addition of two new partners to the firm’s Washington, D.C. office: Owen J. McKeon and Geoffrey M. Goodale. These attorneys bring unique expertise and bolster the firm’s existing practices in the areas of commercial litigation, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, export controls, customs and international trade, regulatory compliance, and white collar litigation and investigations. More >>