Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has added Karen Christian as a partner in its congressional investigations practice in Washington, D.C., from the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Christian has been with the committee for more than a decade, serving as general counsel since 2014. Earlier, as counsel and then chief counsel to the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, she spearheaded high-profile, complex investigations, including the U.S. Department of Energy’s failed loan guarantee to solar company Solyndra in 2011, the implementation of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act and the rollout of HealthCare.gov in 2013, and the General Motors ignition switch controversy in 2014.