As a teetering economy once again pushes countercyclical bankruptcy and restructuring practices into the spotlight, a nearly 20-year veteran of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld found a new home at New York’s Stroock & Stroock & Lavan this week.

Allison Miller, who is joining Stroock as a partner in its financial restructuring practice, had spent her entire career at Akin Gump in Washington, D.C., and New York, making partner three years ago. Her resume includes heading up transactional matters in the Sears, Avaya, iHeart Communications, SunEdison, American Tire Distributors and Seadrill restructurings.