Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (New York): Patrick Rice joins the corporate practice and will focus on mergers and acquisitions and private-equity transactional capabilities. Rice was a partner at Reed Smith.

Baker & Hostetler (Seattle): Curt Roy Hineline joins the litigation practice as partner and will focus on handling complex commercial, business and securities litigation. Hineline was chairman of the Seattle litigation practice at Bracewell.