Bracewell, McGuireWoods, Nixon Peabody and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have brought on new attorneys to their benches in Washington, D.C., and New York within their energy, health care, community development finance and real estate practices in the past week.

Matthew Cudrin joined Arnold & Porter as a partner in the firm’s real estate practice from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner in New York, the firm said Monday.