Katherine Monge, former senior counsel to then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will join Capitol Tax Partners as a partner in June. As Pelosi's lead adviser on "tax, trade, economic, and budgetary issues," Monge was a lead negotiator on various legislative initiatives, including the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the firm said. The government relations and tax policy firm said she will offer advice on legislative and regulatory policy matters before Congress and the administration.

DOJ will add more than 25 new prosecutors to "investigate and prosecute sanctions evasion, export control violations and similar economic crimes," Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said during a March 2 American Bar Association conference. Monaco also said the agency's National Security Division and the Commerce and Treasury departments will begin issuing joint advisories on national security enforcement trends, and DOJ will make a "substantial investment" in the Bank Integrity Unit -- part of the Criminal Divisions' Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section. Monaco's comments came the same day another DOJ official said the agency plans to add a "significant number" of export control prosecutors, including a new chief counsel for corporate enforcement (see 2303030035).

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."