Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (Los Angeles): James Fitzgerald joins the litigation practice as partner and will focus on complex commercial cases and arbitrations. Fitzgerald was a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan.

Barnes & Thornburg (Dallas): Douglas Haloftis joins the labor and employment law department as partner and will focus on employment, fiduciary, public-reporting and litigation concerns. Haloftis was a partner at Gardere Wynne Sewell.