Elizabeth Boison, previously with DOJ's Bank Integrity Unit and National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, joined Hogan Lovells as a partner in the Global Regulatory and Intellectual Property, Media and Technology practice group, the firm announced. During her time in government, Boison also worked with the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, where she helped craft guidance on the regulatory enforcement of financial crimes, the firm said. At DOJ, Boison focused on sanctions, asset forfeiture, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other fraud-involved proceedings.

Anthony Rapa, a former partner at Kirkland & Ellis, joined Blank Rome as a partner in its National Security practice, the firm announced. Blank Rome said Rapa will work on "sanctions and export control-related matters in cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, government investigations, and regulatory matters." Such issues under Rapa's portfolio include regulations administered under the Export Administration Regulations, the Bureau of Industry and Security and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

Milton Koch, former analyst at the Commerce Department and Wiley, joined Buchanan Ingersoll as a strategic consultant in the International Trade and National Security practice, the firm announced. Koch works in trade remedy investigations "by developing strategies based on in-depth analysis of complex financial data," the firm said. He joins Daniel Pickard, who chairs the practice and left Wiley in February. Pickard said Koch "is a leading expert in regard to the Commerce Department’s ... AD/CVD calculation methodologies."

Bryan Moore, an administrative patent judge at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, was named an administrative law judge at the International Trade Commission, the ITC announced April 18. As an ITC ALJ, effective May 9, Moore will preside over Section 337 investigations involving patent and trademark infringement. Moore has served at the USPTO since 2012 and, before that, worked as an investigative attorney in the ITC's Office of Unfair Import Investigations. Law360 said Moore is about to become the first Black person to hold an ALJ position in the ITC's history.

Trade attorney Ping Gong is leaving The Bristol Group. Gong filed notifications terminating her access to business proprietary information in a slew of cases at the Court of International Trade and Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Gong held an of counsel position at The Bristol Group since 2015.

Grace Hill, former assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, in the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit, has joined Wilkinson Stekloff as a partner, the firm announced. At EDVA, Hill prosecuted an array of white collar crime cases involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, investment fraud, bribery and public corruption, the firm said.

Brendan McCommas, former attorney at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has joined Husch Blackwell as senior counsel in the Intellectual Property practice and Technology, Manufacturing and Transportation industry group, the firm announced. At USPTO, his positions included chief of staff and senior adviser. McCommas will focus on IP disputes concerning "patents, trademarks, copyrights, licensing and trade secrets," the firm said.

James Sullivan, a former International Trade Administration official, has joined DLA Piper as a partner in the data protection, privacy and security subgroup as part of the Regulatory and Government Affairs practice, the firm announced. At ITA, Sullivan was the assistant secretary for industry and analysis as well as deputy assistant secretary for services. He oversaw the agency's Office of Digital Services Industries and was responsible for the government's implementation and management of data protection and privacy regimes with an emphasis on data flows and artificial intelligence, the firm said.

Svetlana Gans, former chief of staff for then-acting Federal Trade Commission Chair Maureen Ohlhausen, joined Gibson Dunn as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced. Gans will work with the Antitrust and Competition; Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation; and Public Policy practice groups, the firm said. Before joining the firm, Gans was vice president and associate general counsel at the NCTA - The Internet & Television Association.

Geert De Prest, an attorney with Schagrin Associates since 2019, has retired from the firm, according to a withdrawal of counsel notice at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. De Prest is a longtime trade lawyer who spent the bulk of his career, beginning in 1981, at the Law Offices of Stewart and Stewart.