Barry Berke, the white-collar defense lawyer who advised House Democrats in their effort to remove President Donald Trump from office, has returned to Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, the firm said Wednesday.

The announcement comes just over a year after the House Judiciary Committee's Democratic majority said that it had brought on Berke and famed Washington, D.C., ethics lawyer Norm Eisen to advise on the impeachment fight. The firm said Berke will resume his role as co-chairman of Kramer Levin's litigation department.

Berke won plaudits from Democrats and some media observers when he occasionally entered the limelight, such as when he suggested that Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski had lied in a combative round of questioning. He also drew criticism from Republicans, who argued that his firm's previous work for the Trump Organization meant that he was conflicted.