D.C.People moves
Brown Rudnick launches national security practice in Washington with seven-person team
Brown Rudnick said on October 6, 2026, that it is launching a national security practice in Washington, D.C., with a seven-person team led by returning partner Patrick Gilman, most recently Greenberg Traurig's national security co-chair. The group includes six lawyers and a director of intelligence, and follows the firm's August addition of a 34-lawyer IP litigation group.
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Key points
- Brown Rudnick launched a national security practice in its Washington, D.C., office on October 6, 2026.Bloomberg LawBrown RudnickLaw360 Pulse
- Patrick Gilman leads the group; he left Brown Rudnick in 2023 and was most recently Greenberg Traurig's national security co-chair.Bloomberg LawBrown Rudnick
- The seven-person team includes partner Joshua Johnson, counsel Eric Widmar, director of intelligence Glenn Corn and three associates.Bloomberg LawBrown Rudnick
- Johnson, who also joins from Greenberg Traurig, was previously deputy general counsel at U.S. Cyber Command.Bloomberg LawBrown Rudnick
- Widmar is a retired Army brigadier general who served as legal counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Bloomberg LawBrown Rudnick
- The hires follow Brown Rudnick's August 2026 addition of a 34-lawyer IP litigation group and a Silicon Valley office.Bloomberg LawBrown Rudnick