Georgia state Sen. Elena Parent has joined two former Sutherland Asbill & Brennan colleagues, M. Scott Holcomb and Bryan Ward, as counsel at Holcomb + Ward, which they just launched in May.

“These are former colleagues of mine, who are both super-smart guys and working in an area I find interesting,” said Parent, who worked in the securities litigation group at Sutherland with Holcomb and Ward for six years, before turning to politics in 2008.