In its first litigation partner hires this year, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft announced Monday it had brought on a trio of lawyers, including an attorney from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

After years of attrition, including last year when several top litigation partners left, the hires signal efforts by the firm to rebuild the group with younger talent and to add litigators with government experience.

The new hires include Kyle DeYoung, who was most recently senior counsel to the director of enforcement at the SEC.