Alston & Bird has expanded its antitrust practice in San Francisco by bringing on Baker Botts litigation partner Stuart Plunkett, who is also the current president of the Bar Association of San Francisco.

Plunkett said he moved to Alston & Bird, which opened an office in San Francisco in 2017, because of the firm’s strong commitment to antitrust litigation in California. He particularly pointed to Teresa Bonder and Valarie Williams, now his partners, who both moved from Atlanta to Alston & Bird’s young Bay Area location.