Antitrust and intellectual property firm Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider has continued its strategy of hiring away attorneys from Big Law firms where it is increasingly difficult to make partner.

Its latest recruits are Jeannine Sano, formerly a partner at White & Case, and Eric Krause, a former counsel at Fenwick & West. The two have joined Axinn's San Francisco office as partners. Pan Lee, a former senior associate at Fenwick & West, will also join the firm as of counsel.

The three IP litigators practiced together at White & Case for about a decade before Krause and Lee left in September 2019 for a five-month stint at Fenwick & West, according to their LinkedIn pages.