Brown Rudnick has hired a six-lawyer group in Washington DC to launch a national security practice.
The team is led by white collar defence lawyer Patrick Gilman, who is returning to the firm after just over three years co-leading Eversheds Sutherland's and latterly Greenberg Traurig's national security practices.
The incoming group brings substantial global military, intelligence and security experience, including with the Department of War, Department of State, Department of Justice and foreign governments, and helps clients manage political upheaval, regional conflicts and cyberthreats, Brown Rudnick said.
It includes Joshua Johnson, who has joined as a partner having been of counsel at Greenberg Traurig, counsel Eric Widmar, who was previously legal counsel to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and three associates. They are joined by director of intelligence Glenn Corn.
Brown Rudnick CEO and chairman, Vince Guglielmotti, said the group pointed to the firm's ability to attract "elite talent", adding it would be “vital in helping our clients navigate highly sensitive national security matters, including regional risk and cyberthreats, and fluid questions involving the federal government’s engagement with rapid advances in AI”.
The incoming team regularly works on matters relating to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, International Traffic in Arms Regulations and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as well as Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, anti-money laundering and international humanitarian law investigations.
The group takes Brown Rudnick to nearly 280 lawyers globally and follows it making its largest-ever team hire in August, when it added 34 IP litigation lawyers from HSF Kramer in a move that saw it open in Silicon Valley.
Those hires come on the back of a growth streak at the firm that saw it push revenue past $300m last year, growing 9% to reach $309m against a 17% rise in profit per equity partner (PEP) to $2.1m and 6% rise in revenue per lawyer (RPL) to $1.3m.
Gilman said Brown Rudnick aimed to build a "preeminent" national security practice within a tightly integrated partnership, adding: "The firm’s approach to high-touch client service will enable our team’s practice to continue to thrive.”
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