National Security Experience a Growing Draw for Big Law (Corrected)

Large law firms have stepped up hiring of lawyers with national security backgrounds to address emerging client concerns, as geopolitical uncertainty continues and raises new and vexing questions for companies’ operations.

Morrison & Foerster, O’Melveny & Myers, King & Spalding, and Covington & Burling are among the firms that have been bringing on officials with national security and related expertise from the National Security Council, the Department of Homeland Security, the White House, the Treasury Department and other agencies.

In an ever more global business environment, where the stakes are high, law firms are taking advantage of the opportunity to ...