White-collar defense lawyer Barry Pollack confirmed Thursday that he—but not his 40-lawyer law firm—will be defending Julian Assange against U.S. computer hacking charges.

Pollack, a partner at Washington, D.C.’s Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber since last spring, is representing the detained Wikileaks founder through a solo shop, the Law Offices of Barry J. Pollack.