Thompson Hine has set up a government contracts practice in Washington, D.C., after luring three lawyers from Cooley, including one who was a partner at his former firm.

Partner Thomas Mason will lead the new practice. Francis “Chip” Purcell, formerly a special counsel at Cooley, became a Thompson Hine partner this week, and Ray McCann joins the Ohio-based firm as counsel.

Another government contracts counsel, Joseph Berger, moved from Dickstein Shapiro to Thompson Hine more than a year ago.