Covington Bolsters Government Contracts Practice With D.C. Acquisition

Covington & Burling on Friday significantly expanded its government contracts practice, announcing it has hired 19 lawyers from McKenna Long & Aldridge.

In an announcement, Covington said it had brought on five partners, including the recent McKenna Long government contracts chairman Fred Levy, among 14 other lawyers. Levy will serve as co-chair of Covington’s government contracts group with existing Covington partners, Alan Pemberton and Jennifer Plitsch.

“What we are bringing is really the bulk of the McKenna Long government contracts practice in D.C.,” said Levy, whose clients have included BP, Wal-Mart and Lockheed Martin. He declined to specify how much ...