Former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has joined Perkins Coie’s business development department in the Palo Alto office.

Fenty, the mayor of Washington from 2007 to 2011, was previously special counsel at Klores Perry Mitchell, a litigation firm in Washington. In his new role as business development manager, Fenty will help to expand the firm’s emerging companies and venture capital practice. He will continue to be a special advisor to venture capital fund Andreessen Horowitz. Fenty was not immediately available for an interview.