As baseball and most U.S. sports sit dormant, Covington & Burling has decided to make its own action. The Washington, D.C.-founded Am Law 50 firm has hired former Washington Nationals senior vice president and general counsel Damon Jones as of counsel.

Jones, who is joining the firm’s sports practice, will be based out of the firm’s Washington, D.C., office and Monday was his first official day with the firm.