Wake Up Call: Trump DC US Attorney Pick Appeared on Russian TV

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• Ed Martin, Trump’s pick for US attorney in Washington, D.C., is under scrutiny for making over 150 appearances on Russian state media outlets that analysts say promoted Kremlin-aligned narratives and criticized US foreign policy. Martin, who made the appearances from 2016 to 2024, failed to disclose most of them to the Senate Judiciary Committee. (The Washington Post)
• Sean “Diddy” Combs hired Atlanta defense attorney Brian Steel as he prepares to battle federal racketeering charges alleging decades of sexual abuse and cover-ups. Steel made headlines last year for defending rapper Jeffery “Young Thug” Williams against felony gang charges. (Billboard)
• Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni was fired after criticizing the government’s handling of a mistaken deportation case in court. Reuveni openly questioned why the US hadn’t tried to return the deported man and expressed frustration over a lack of answers from his own agency—comments that reportedly led to his dismissal. (The Wall Street Journal)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Maximillian Bodoin joined Polsinelli as a shareholder in its technology transactions and data privacy practice in Boston.
• Luke Burns joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its corporate oil and gas practice in Houston. He joins from Reed Smith.
• Sarah Coyne joined Ropes & Gray as a partner in its litigation and enforcement practice in New York.
• Shashwat Tewary joined Cooley as a capital markets partner in Singapore. He joins from Sidley Austin.
• Brian Stansbury joined Hunton Andrews Kurth as a partner in its environmental practice in Washington. He joins from the Transportation Department.
• Deepak Nanda joined Sidley Austin as a partner in its mergers and acquisitions and private equity group in Century City, Calif. He joins from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
• David Stewart joined Sidley Austin as a partner in its capital markets practice in London. He joins from Latham & Watkins.
• Brendan Staley joined King & Spalding as a partner in its corporate practice group in Washington. He joins from Hunton Andrews Kurth.
• Ross Weingarten joined Steptoe as a partner in its investigations and white-collar defense practice in New York. He joins from the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.
• Jeffrey Escobar joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a partner in its energy, infrastructure, and project finance industry team in New York. He joins from Troutman Pepper Locke.
• Michael Stahl joined Harbor as chief integration officer and general counsel. He joins from Barge Design Solutions.
• Charlotte Mitchell joined McGuireWoods as a partner in Raleigh, N.C. She joins from the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
• James Crowley joined Littler Mendelson as a shareholder in Washington. He joins from Akin Gump.
• Tom Pack joined Faegre Drinker as a partner in its product liability and mass torts practice in San Francisco.
• Marissa Edwards, Fred Hoensch, Robert Pollock, and Diane Ragosa joined Hinshaw & Culbertson as partners in its consumer financial services practice group in Iselin, NJ. They join from Parker Ibrahim & Berg.
• Paul Proulx joined Pryor Cashman as a partner in its real estate group and land use and zoning practice in New York. He joins from Carter Ledyard & Milburn.
• Carol McClarnon joined Carlton Fields as a shareholder in its financial services regulatory practice in Washington. She joins from Eversheds Sutherland.
• Laura D’Angelo joined Jones Walker as a partner in its gaming industry team in Lexington, Ky.