Chadbourne & Parke and Zuckerman Spaeder have both hired top litigation partners this year. In both instances, the recent arrivals are providing legal representation to high-profile New York political figures.

Less than a month after hiring former New York State attorney general-and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan partner-Robert Abrams to conduct an internal review of his campaign fund-raising operation, New York City comptroller John Liu has hired Zuckerman white-collar crime specialist Paul Shechtman amid a widening federal inquiry into his fund-raising practices. (With the federal probe under way, Liu-often mentioned as a likely Democratic mayoral candidate in 2013-has asked Abrams to suspend his review, according to The New York Times.)

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