Chinekwu Osakwe
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Signage is seen outside of the law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Kirkland & Ellis is growing its government, regulatory and internal investigations practice this week with a veteran of Capitol Hill and the Obama White House.
Allison Murphy joins the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C., Kirkland said Tuesday. The firm said Murphy has managed congressional investigations from all angles including most recently as chief oversight counsel for the majority on the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.
During the Obama administration, Murphy worked in the Senate as counsel for the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, served a short stint as an associate White House counsel, and then spent nearly three years as an attorney advisor for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission s Division of Enforcement.