Three law firm partners and one corporate counsel, including a former U.S. solicitor general now at Hogan Lovells, are temporarily joining the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office for the prosecution of the police officers who killed George Floyd.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Monday that Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal, Medtronic litigation and investigation counsel Lola Velázquez-Aguilu, Blackwell Burke founding partner Jerry Blackwell and Maslon partner Steven Schleicher will be serving as special assistant attorneys general on a pro bono basis.