Insurance and financial institutions litigator James Jorden is leading a team of 14 partners from Carlton Fields, where he was a name partner, to Philadelphia-based Drinker Biddle & Reath.

The news comes with Carlton Fields’ announcement of a downtown Miami office move next year, and plans by Drinker Biddle to open in Miami. The mass defections also expand Drinker Biddle’s Washington office and a new one in Hartford, Connecticut.