As part of an expansion of its data privacy and cybersecurity practice, Michael Best & Friedrich has hired Greenberg Traurig partner Elizabeth Rogers, who previously was the first chief privacy officer in Texas state government, working for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.

Rogers, who officially joined Michael Best as a partner March 12, will work in the firm’s Austin office. She was recruited by Adrienne Ehrhardt, the chair of the firm’s privacy and data security group, who has a mandate to expand the practice.