Alicia O'Brien, who held senior positions in the Department of Justice between 2013 and 2017, has joined King & Spalding as a partner in the firm's government investigations group in Washington. For the past two and a half years, she was a partner in Venable's D.C. office.

O'Brien brings to King & Spalding experience advising Fortune 500 companies, global organizations and CEOs on government investigations and oversight, according to the firm. She is also an expert on internal investigations and public policy crisis management challenges.

Before entering private practice at Venable at the beginning of 2017, O'Brien served as deputy assistant attorney general for the Office of Legislative Affairs and as an associate deputy attorney general working under U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, who rejoined King & Spalding in 2017 after being fired by President Donald Trump.