A month after elevating its Washington, D.C., managing partner as its next firmwide leader, Perkins Coie has picked a new partner to manage its operations in the capital, where the Seattle-based firm has 250 lawyers and staff and a top political law practice.

The firm named Bruce Spiva, a partner in D.C. since 2015, as its local managing partner. Spiva will be taking over for William Malley, who will assume leadership of the full 1,100-lawyer firm in July.