Rachel Fiorill, former enforcement section chief at the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, joined Morrison Foerster as of counsel in the Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced. Fiorill most recently worked at Paul Weiss, where she advised clients on "economic sanctions, Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering," anti-corruption and export control proceedings. While at OFAC, Fiorill led investigations of hundreds of enforcement actions, serving as coordinator for the Enforcement Division's Ukraine, Russia and Syria-related investigations, Morrison Foerster said.

Aman Kakar, an international trade lawyer, has left his associate position at ArentFox to work as corporate counsel for global trade for Amazon, particularly for Amazon Web Services, according to Kakar's LinkedIn page. Kakar moved to terminate his access to business proprietary information in five cases at the Court of International Trade, indicating his departure from ArentFox. Kakar worked at the firm for six years, previously serving as a staff attorney at the Commerce Department.

Thomas Krueger, former director of strategic trade and nonproliferation on the National Security Council, has joined Akin Gump as a senior policy adviser, according to a LinkedIn post from firm partner Kevin Wolf. Krueger worked for a decade at the State Department, most recently as a senior policy adviser, before joining the NSC, where he served from 2020 to June 2022. Per his new firm, Krueger advises clients on compliance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations, along with transfer policies for emerging technologies.

Hagir Elawad, former official at the United Arab Emirates Embassy in Washington, D.C., joined Shumaker Advisors as senior vice president of federal affairs, the firm announced. At Shumaker, Elawad will take on a lead advocacy position, "managing government affairs teams and driving public policy solutions," the firm said. During her time in the UAE Embassy, Elawad worked on public affairs issues, including export controls, sanctions, defense, aviation and renewable energy, among other things, Shumaker said.

Sanctions and export controls attorney Susan Kovarovics, a former partner at Bryan Cave, has joined Akin Gump as an international trade partner in the Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced. Kovarovics' practice centers around compliance issues involving International Traffic in Arms Regulations, Export Administration Regulations, Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the firm said.

Global law firm Morgan Lewis announced that it opened a 34-member office in Seattle, including 19 lawyers. Fourteen of the attorneys come from litigation boutique firm Calfo Eakes, with Patty Eakes and Angelo Calfo co-leading the office. The firm said the new office will advise on matters relating to "commercial and intellectual property litigation, employment disputes, and white-collar criminal defense and investigation matters."

Ting-Ting Kao, an international trade attorney at White & Case, will be leaving the firm June 17, she said in a filing at the Court of International Trade. Kao has worked at the firm since 2008, where she started as an associate, then as counsel from 2020. Kao worked on classification, country of origin and multilateral trade agreements matters, among other things, the firm said.

Jeffery Denning, a partner at Cassidy Levy since 2015, has retired, Myles Getlan, another partner at the firm, said in an email.

Nadiya Nychay, former partner at Dentons, has joined Jones Day as a partner in its government regulation practice based in Brussels, the firm announced. Nychay covers matters involving the World Trade Organization, EU regulatory and trade proceedings and international trade disputes. She also counsels clients on international sanctions and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance, the firm said. Before joining Dentons, Nychay served as a legal officer in the Rules and Accessions Divisions at the WTO.

DOJ appointed Glenn Leon, Hewlett Packard Enterprise's ethics and compliance chief, to be the next head of the agency’s Fraud Section, an agency spokesperson said June 8. Leon will oversee the agency’s work in white-collar fraud and corruption, including violations and prosecutions involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor and served as a supervisor in DOJ’s securities fraud unit.