Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has lured to its Washington, D.C., office's executive compensation practice an attorney from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.

Rebecca Coccaro joins the firm as a partner after only a year as a partner at Akin Gump. Prior to Akin, she was at Sullivan & Cromwell for 22 years.