International trade attorney Benjamin Bay has moved from Schagrin Associates to The Bristol Group, as of counsel, according to his LinkedIn page. At Schagrin, Bay focused on antidumping and countervailing duty litigation along with Section 232 and 301 proceedings. Notices at the Court of International Trade confirmed Bay's departure from Schagrin.

International trade attorney Joshua Morey was named a partner at Kelley Drye, the firm announced. Morey was elected along with eight other attorneys who will serve as partners across the firm's various practices, all of whom will settle into their new roles on July 1. Morey's practice centers on trade remedy proceedings and supply chain and customs compliance matters.

Faegre Drinker moved its Chicago office from North Wacker Drive to 320 S. Canal St., Suite 3300. The firm filed amended notices of appearance in all of its Court of International Trade cases to note the change.

Ajay Kuntamukkala, partner at Hogan Lovells, has been named office managing partner in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, effective July 1, the firm announced. Succeeding Michele Farquhar in D.C., Kuntamukkala currently sits as a co-leader of the International Trade & Investment practice. His practice centers on "economic sanctions, export controls, and compliance with government licenses and authorizations," among other things, the firm said.

The Federal Maritime Commission has hired Alex Chintella as an administrative law judge, FMC Chairman Daniel Maffei announced June 21. Chintella was previously an attorney and administrative hearing officer with the Federal Railroad Administration.

Deborah Curtis, a former export control and sanctions official, has joined Arnold & Porter as a partner in its White Collar Defense & Investigations practice in Washington, the firm announced. Her practice will center on "national security investigations and defense, and other litigation and enforcement matters." Curtis previously served as the chief counsel for the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security, a trial attorney for export control and sanctions at DOJ, and as deputy general counsel for litigation and investigations for the CIA.

Everett Eissenstat, a former White House and Office of the U.S. Trade Representative official, has joined Squire Patton as a partner in its Public Policy practice, the firm announced. Over his career, Eissenstat has served as deputy assistant to the president for international and economic affairs and deputy director of the National Economic Council. Before those tenures, Eissenstat worked as chief international trade counsel for the Senate Finance Committee and assistant USTR for the Americas.

Trade attorney Lauren Fraid will be moving from the Bristol Group to the Office of Regulations and Rulings at CBP, Adam Gordon, partner at the Bristol Group, confirmed to Trade Law Daily. A notice at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit confirmed that Fraid ended her employment with the firm on June 8. At the Bristol Group, where she worked for more than three years, Fraid's practice centered on trade remedies, export controls and sanctions.

Charlie Steele, former chief counsel at the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control during 2019-2020, launched a solo law practice called the Law Office of Charles Steele, the attorney announced on LinkedIn. The firm's work will center on "U.S. economic sanctions matters, including counseling, compliance advice, license applications, enforcement matters, and delisting petitions," along with proceedings involving the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. and national security. Steele added that he will continue his practice at Forensic Risk Alliance, where he has worked as a partner since 2020.

Bret Vallacher, a former trial attorney at DOJ, moved to the Washington, D.C., office of Massey & Gail in May, Vallacher confirmed with Trade Law Daily. Vallacher's practice will center on a wide range of issues including "contract, employment, securities, antitrust, theft of trade secrets, trademark, deceptive trade practices, false advertising, fraud, defamation, election law, and constitutional takings," the firm said. The attorney, who helped litigate AD/CVD and customs cases at DOJ, said that the case that brought him to join Massey & Gail is the suit by cancer victims against Johnson & Johnson claiming that the company's talcum-based baby powder caused ovarian cancer. Vallacher told TLD he is working on the case.