Lateral Partner Watch for the Week of March 9th, 2026

• Former Husch Blackwell litigator, Sam Mitchell, joins Smith, Gambrell & Russell in Chicago.

• Mayer Brown welcomed six former McGuireWoods partners–Joshua Huebinger, Miles Indest, Gregory Krock, Meghaan Madriz, Yasser Madriz, and Wolf McGavran–to their Houston and DC offices.

• Lauren Friend McKelvey and Mark Rooney joined Spence Fane as partners in their Corporate and Business Transactions and Banking and Financial Services practice groups in DC.

• IP Litigator, Natalie Sinzig, joined Arnold & Porter in San Francisco after he departure from Kirkland & Ellis.

• White & Case expanded their Global Litigation practice with the addition of Jeffrey Steinfeld, formerly with Winston & Strawn, in Los Angeles.