Dentons has landed former Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens as counsel for its extensive public policy practice, where he will work with the firm’s state attorneys general and government affairs teams.

Olens, a Republican who served as Georgia’s attorney general from 2011 to 2016, joins Thurbert Baker in Dentons’ Atlanta office. Baker preceded him as the state’s AG, serving for 13 years under three different governors. Baker co-heads Dentons’ US AG practice, whose members represent companies before attorneys general offices. Former Florida AG Bill McCollum is also on the team.