Judge David Shaw is leaving his post as an administrative law judge at the International Trade Commission to serve as chief copyright royalty judge on top of the Copyright Royalty Board, the Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced. Shaw will replace Chief Judge Suzanne Barnett who currently serves as interim chief copyright royalty judge. Shaw worked as a judge at the ITC for over a decade, also serving as an attorney-adviser at the ITC for 23 years earlier in his career.

Dwight Draughon Jr., former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, rejoined Steptoe & Johnson as a partner in the Washington, D.C.-based white-collar defense group, the firm announced. During his stint as Assistant U.S. Attorney, Draughon prosecuted a host of white collar crimes, including "wire, bank, and procurement fraud, public corruption, hate crimes, firearm trafficking, and numerous other federal offenses," Steptoe said. At Steptoe, the firm said Draughon will focus on public corruption, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and fraud matters. Before joining the U.S. Attorney's office, Draughon worked as an associate for two years at Steptoe.

Stephenie Gosnell Handler, former director for cybersecurity strategy and digital acceleration at McKinsey, has rejoined Gibson Dunn as a partner and member of the International Trade and the Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation practice groups, the firm announced. Handler's practice will center on Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. proceedings, export controls, sanctions, national security, cybersecurity, data and technology, the firm said. At McKinsey, she advised the company's leadership on cybersecurity, technology and data trends. She previously worked as an associate at Gibson Dunn from 2011 to 2015.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.