Styles spent 10 years at Crowell & Moring and chaired the firm from February 2015 to October 2017, when she was voted out of firm leadership. She then joined Bracewell on Oct. 30, 2017, where she practiced before joining Akin Gump.

Styles previously was partner at Miller & Chevalier and an administrator for federal procurement policy in the Office of Management and Budget during President George W. Bush’s administration.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati announced it added Jeffrey Lehtman as partner in the government investigations practice in D.C.

Lehtman was most recently partner at Richards Kibbe & Orbe and previously senior regional counsel in Latin America for Citibank.

Thompson Coburn’s lobbying & policy practice in D.C. added Kyle Simpson as senior adviser and Jack Jacobson as adviser, the firm said this week.

Both Simpson and Jacobson are arriving from Hogan Lovells, where each worked for more than eight years. Simpson was a senior policy adviser and associate deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy in the 1990s.

Jennifer Carrier and Jennifer Ellison are now principals at Blank Rome Government Relations in Washington, D.C., the firm said this week.

Carrier is also of counsel at Blank Rome and is joining the government relations team to assist clients seeking guidance on issues of campaign finance, elections, ethics, lobbying and tax law.

Ellison was previously a senior adviser at Blank Rome Government Relations, working with defense contractors and commercial entities. She previously was vice president of special sales development at BMW Group.

Thompson Coburn said this week it added Erica Rancilio as partner in its Washington, D.C., office.