Veteran trial lawyer Alex Romain has made the jump from a California litigation boutique to the larger firm it spun off from, joining Irell & Manella from Hueston Hennigan.

Romain joined Irell’s Los Angeles office Monday as a partner in the litigation practice group, after just a few years at Hueston Hennigan, which was formed four years ago by a pair of Irell & Manella alumni. Before he moved to Southern California to join Hueston Hennigan in 2016, Romain spent 17 years in the Washington, D.C., office of Williams & Connolly, where he was a partner.