WASHINGTON — Two financial services attorneys — Lawrence D. Kaplan, previously at Columbia, S.C.’s Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, and Kevin L. Petrasic, formerly at the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Thrift Supervision — have joined Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker’s global banking and financial institutions practice group as of counsel and senior associate, respectively.

Kaplan, who is resident in the Washington office, advises financial services holding companies, institutions, directors and officers on a variety of bank regulatory matters. Petrasic, also resident in the Washington office, handles specialized transactional, policy, regulatory, legislative and compliance matters affecting depository institutions, financial services firms and the mortgage industry.