The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced on July 22 the hiring of:

• Allison Smith, deputy assistant U.S. trade representative for congressional affairs. Smith was deputy chief of staff for Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., who served on the USMCA working group that made changes to the USMCA negotiated by the Trump administration.
• Kamau Marshall, deputy assistant U.S. trade representative for media and public affairs. Marshall was director of strategic communications for the Joe Biden campaign.
• Tommy Wolfe, deputy executive secretary. He was a legislative assistant for Virgin Islands Delegate Stacey Plaskett.

Lisa Wang has been chosen by the Biden administration for the role of assistant secretary for enforcement and compliance at the Commerce Department. Wang specializes in trade policy and antidumping and countervailing duty litigation at Picard, Kentz and Rowe, where she is a partner. She also was a senior attorney in the Office of the Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement and Compliance at Commerce before going to the private sector, and worked as assistant general counsel in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. She also worked as senior import administration officer at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Wang graduated from Georgetown University Law Center and from Cornell University. Her nomination was announced July 13.

Candice Andalia has joined Kirkland & Ellis as the firm's new litigation partner in the Washington, D.C. office, according to the firm's website. Andalia joins Kirkland from Orrick Herrington; she specializes in "managing and coordinating national defense and strategy for clients in the manufacturing, technology, and financial sectors," it said.