Michael McAuliffe, a current judicial candidate and former top prosecutor for Palm Beach County, and commercial and media law litigator L. Martin Reeder Jr., whose clients include the cable giant CNN, have joined business litigation and trial law firm Atherton Law Group, prompting a firm name change.

Atherton Law Group, formed in 2012 by husband-and-wife team Scott Atherton and Lauren Atherton, is now Atherton McAuliffe & Reeder. The nine-lawyer firm has expanded its office space but will remain in Palm Beach County, said founding partner Scott Atherton.

Reeder has appeared as co-counsel with Atherton in large securities cases in the past. McAuliffe worked with Atherton in the past but not as formal co-counsel, Atherton said. The firm announced the hires last week, after McAuliffe and Reeder joined the firm earlier this year.