White collar attorneys Maria Lapetina and Ian Herbert were elected members of the firm, effective Jan. 1, the firm announced. Lapetina centers her practice on internal and government investigations, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-money laundering cases. Herbert is a member of the Trust and Family Office and Anti-Money Laundering practice groups, whose practice also centers on government investigations.

International trade attorney Lucas Queiroz Pires is leaving Alston & Bird, according to a notice filed at the Court of International Trade. Pires joined Alston & Bird in 2018 and worked as an associate in the international trade and regulatory practice at the firm, according to his LinkedIn profile.

DOJ attorney Eric Singley soon will be leaving the agency's Commercial Litigation Branch, according to a department notice filed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Dec. 21. Singley didn't respond to our request for comment regarding his next career move.

International trade attorney Harold Jackson left Braumiller Law Group to become an associate attorney at Robert & Kehagiaras, according to a notice at the Court of International Trade. According to his LinkedIn page, Jackson began at Roberts & Kehagiaras last month in the Houston office after spending two years with Braumiller.

John Pisa-Relli, trade compliance counsel with GE Aerospace, will join the Office of Foreign Assets Control next month to serve as the agency’s enforcement liaison to U.S. federal and state law enforcement and regulatory agencies, he announced this week on LinkedIn. Pisa-Relli previously worked as a liaison for OFAC from 2003 to 2005.

Gary Locke, former U.S. commerce secretary and ambassador to China, has joined Dorsey & Whitney as a senior advisor in the Seattle office, the firm announced. Locke currently chairs Committee of 100, a "leading organization for Chinese Ameircans," and will help guide Dorsey's international practice, the firm said. Locke has a background in foreign direct investment, export controls, government relations and "cross-cultural diplomacy," the firm said.

Debevoise & Plimpton appointed litigation partners Helen Cantwell and David O'Neil co-chairs of the White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group following the end of Bruce Yannett's tenure as chair, the firm announced. Cantwell is a former assistant U.S. attorney and a former prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's Sex Crimes Unit. O'Neil, a former DOJ official, centers his practice on matters involving corporate malfeasance, cybercrime, fraud and money laundering, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, healthcare fraud and securities fraud, the firm said.

Heather Holman, a 2023 graduate of the American University Washington College of Law, has joined the Commerce Department's Office of the Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement and Compliance as an attorney, Holman announced on LinkedIn. Holman previously clerked in the chief counsel's office.

Navpreet Moonga, former attorney with Dechert and Barnes Richardson, joined Wilson Sonsini as an associate, she announced on LinkedIn. Moonga arrives at Wilson Sonsini directly from Dechert, where she worked for two years as a special legal consultant on national security and trade issues.

Jenner & Block partner Rachel Alpert was tapped to serve as the chief counsel to the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, the firm announced on Oct. 24. Alpert has worked at Jenner & Block since 2021 and has fleshed out the firm's national security, sanctions and export controls practice, along with the human rights and global strategy practice. Her practice centered around export controls and sanctions proceedings under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, Export Administration Regulations and OFAC regulations, among other things. Prior to working at Jenner & Block, Alpert worked as an attorney-adviser to the State Department and as counsel at Latham & Watkins.