After an initial slowdown in Big Law lateral moves at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, hiring in August remains active. McDermott Will & Emery; White & Case; McGuireWoods; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Mayer Brown; and Alston & Bird, among others, have all announced new attorney hires in the last week.

McDermott brought on Michael Siekman and Jenny Chen as partners in the firm’s intellectual property practice. Based in Boston, the pair joined the firm from Polsinelli and earlier practiced at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks.