Arnstein & Lehr (Chicago): Joseph Kuo joins the intellectual property group as partner and will focus on patents, trademarks, unfair competition, copyrights, false advertising and trade secrets. Kuo was a partner at Olson & Cepuritis.

Barnes & Thornburg (Atlanta): Shawn Rafferty joins the corporate department as partner and will focus on aviation law in transactions and related restructuring and dispute-resolution matters. Rafferty was a partner at Troutman Sanders.