A longtime advocate for insurance policyholders who for years was a litigation group leader at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has moved to McGuireWoods in New York, saying he was drawn to its focus on policyholder-side representation and the vision of firm leaders.

Stephen Foresta joined McGuireWoods as a partner on Thursday after spending a combined three decades at Orrick and at Donovan Leisure, a firm that folded in the late 1990s and saw most of its lawyers join Orrick.