Dewey & LeBoeuf has hired a partner from Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson to co-chair its compensations, benefits and employment department.

Howard Adler is set to join Dewey’s New York office next month (15 September); he joins former sole chair Martha Steinman to lead the 27-lawyer department. She is also a partner in the New York office, which has a total of 160 partners.