Miguel Pozo, the head of litigation and deputy general counsel for Mercedes-Benz USA, has joined Duane Morris as a partner.

Pozo, 45, went in-house at Mercedes, which had been a client, two years ago from New Jersey Am Law 200 firm Lowenstein Sandler, where he had spent his 17-year legal career. Mercedes’ general counsel at the time, Marco DeSanto, recruited him, Pozo said, to assist with its relocation to Atlanta.