Patricia M. Hynes, a former name partner at the firm now known as Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, is leaving that firm to become senior counsel in the New York office of British law firm Allen & Overy.

Perhaps the most prominent lawyer to leave Milberg Weiss since its May indictment, Hynes joined the firm in 1982 after 15 years as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, where she rose to become Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney.