Steven Rabitz, a former in-house lawyer at The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., took his New York-based employee benefits practice this week from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan to Dechert.

Dechert recently announced its hire of Rabitz, who advises clients in the financial services industry about the Employee Retirement Income Security Act’s fiduciary responsibility, prohibited transactions and funding rules.