Kelsey Griswold-Berger, a former staffer for Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., joined ArentFox as a government relations director in the Washington, D.C.-based government relations practice, the firm announced. Griswold-Berger served on Capitol Hill for over 10 years, working with the Senate Finance Committee, and in the House with the Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Appropriations and Financial Services committees, among others, the firm said. With Burr, she worked on "trade, tax, commerce, and judiciary issues," ArentFox said. Her practice at ArentFox will cover "trade, tax, health, nutrition and human services, and appropriations."

Doris Johnson Hines, an intellectual property lawyer, is about to become the newest administrative law judge at the International Trade Commission, according to a Feb. 23 ITC news release. She will begin work on Feb. 27. She currently is a partner at Finnegan and has "extensive experience in intellectual property litigation in both the public and private sectors leading teams in U.S. district courts, the USITC, and before arbitration panels," the announcement said.

Kristy Balsanek, former general counsel for global grocery retailer Lidl US, has joined DLA Piper as a Washington, D.C.-based partner in its regulatory and government affairs practice group, the firm announced. Balsanek's practice will focus on environmental, social and governance-related risk areas, which the firm describes as "business ethics, corporate governance, director/officer duties, anti-corruption, sanctions, labor and human rights, global supply chain transparency, climate change, green initiatives, environmental marketing, privacy and data protection among many others."