Hartford, Connecticut-based law firm Robinson & Cole has signed a three-and-a-half-year lease in Washington, D.C.’s 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, where firm leaders hope to fully move in a team of recently acquired intellectual property lawyers from local firms by Dec. 1.

Leaders at the firm say the building’s eighth floor will provide the firm’s newly added lawyers with nearly 4,500 square feet of Class A space, and the lease will allow the firm to expand its square footage as it continues to grow.