Dentons' lobbying revenue is a fraction of some of its competitors in Washington. But the firm's hiring of former Congressman Joe Crowley from Squire Patton Boggs this week previews its larger business aspirations.

Crowley—who until 2019 was for 20 years a U.S. Congressman—will "helm" efforts to bolster Dentons' public policy practice, the firm said, joining Dentons as a senior policy director.