Four former FINRA officials, including three who left the organization in the last month, have all joined King & Spalding as partners in its government matters practice in New York, the firm announced this week.

Clockwise, from top left: Mirella deRose,
Russell Johnston, Richard Margolies and
Michael Watling (Courtesy photos).

The new hires include Mirella deRose, Russell Johnston, Richard Margolies and Michael Watling, all of whom were senior counsel within the enforcement department at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Wall Street’s nonprofit self-regulator. Johnston, Margolies and Watling joined King & Spalding directly from FINRA, while deRose joined from Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss, where she was counsel.