DLA Piper continues to expand through a healthy pace of lateral hiring. The firm announced three groups of hires in recent days, adding 12 lawyers, nine of them partners, to its payroll.

On Monday, DLA announced that it added a four-lawyer labor and employment team from Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker in Chicago. Michael Sheehan, Rachel Cowen, and Terence Smith come to DLA as partners, while P. Kevin Connelly will join the firm as of counsel.