Erik Autor, former president of the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones, has joined customs and trade law firm Barlow & Co. as of counsel, he announced on LinkedIn. Autor's background includes a clerkship at the Court of International Trade and working at Skadden Arps as a lawyer in its international trade practice group. He will assist companies with their customs and trade matters, the firm said.

CBP released the names of those serving on the next Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee.

Iris Bennett, former cross-border investigations and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act attorney at boutique firm Smith Pachter, has joined Steptoe & Johnson as a partner in its Investigations and White Collar Defense Group, the firm announced. Based in Washington D.C., Bennett will tap her experience carrying out internal investigations over potential violations of the FCPA, the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Act, the firm said.

Angela Hofmann, former leader of the Eurasia Group's industrial and consumer corporate practice, joined Sandler Travis as vice president of the international trade and supply chain resiliency wing, the firm announced in an email. Hofmann's corporate executive experience also includes working as Walmart's vice president for international corporate affairs.

Akin Gump broadened its international trade practice with the addition of two former U.S. government officials and sanctions and export controls lawyers, the firm announced. Elyse Martin, former official at the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, and George Pence, former assistant U.S. attorney in the Central District of California, have joined the firm as senior counsel. While at OFAC, Martin served as the assistant director for Regulatory Affairs for two years and for over a year as chief of sanctions program implementation in the Sanctions Compliance and Evaluation Division, the firm said. As assistant U.S. attorney, Pence worked on investigations and prosecutions pertaining to export crimes, terrorism and other national security matters, it said.

Levi & Snotherly announced that Section 337 litigator Tom Schaumberg has joined as a principal, lending his name to the Washington, D.C., law firm, which becomes Levi Snotherly & Schaumberg, a release on BusinessWire said. The firm is primarily focused on its Section 337 practice before the International Trade Commission. Schaumberg joins from Adduci Mastriani, where he worked for over 30 years and litigated extensively before the ITC and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Robert Friedman, former attorney-adviser for the State Department's Office of Legal Adviser, joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office's international trade practice, the firm announced. Friedman will advise businesses, trade associations and other clients on issues pertaining to "economic sanctions, export controls, foreign direct investment, supply chain security, customs laws, data privacy and cybersecurity, market access, anti-corruption and national security regulations," the firm said. Most recently, Friedman was an international trade partner at Harris Wiltshire.

Agustin Orozco, a former assistant U.S. attorney in the Central District of California for the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section, has rejoined Crowell & Moring, the firm announced. Orozco will work as a partner in the Los Angeles office's White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement and Government Contracts groups. He will focus on white collar criminal defense and corporate investigations, and advise individuals and companies on matters relating to the "Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), False Claims Act (FCA), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and alleged violations of Title 18 of the United States Code," the firm said.

Timothy Broas, former U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, joined Wilson Sonsini in the firm's government investigations practice as senior of counsel, the law firm said. Broas joins from Bryan Cave, where he worked for just over three years on white collar matters including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations.

Andrew Margolis, a 32-year official at the Federal Maritime Commission, joined Sandler Travis, the firm announced. Margolis brings an expertise in "dispute resolution and adjudication of complaints under the Shipping Act pertaining to ocean freight overcharges and unfair practices," it said. Margolis will be based in Sandler Travis' Miami office.