Update, 4/23/2013, 6:07 p.m. EDT: News of a seven-shareholder team joining Littler Mendelson has been added to the first paragraph below.

Labor and employment firm Littler Mendelson announced Tuesday that is has hired a seven-lawyer team from Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart. The new hires, led by shareholder Don Prophete in Kansas City, officially joined the firm this week in cities around the country.