Six lawyers, including three partners who do tort, pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, have joined King & Spalding in Austin, Texas, boosting the firm's life sciences practice.

Lana Varney, Lisa Horvath Shub and Stephen Huffaker joined as partners last week in the firm's life sciences practice­—all three coming from Norton Rose Fulbright in Austin. And on Monday, three others on their team­—counsel Holly Kipp and associates Oliver Thoma and Ashley Crooks—also moved to King & Spalding in Austin.

The lateral expansion in Austin comes after King & Spalding hired six lateral partners in Houston in February, with four coming from Andrews Kurth Kenyon and two from Bracewell. King & Spalding passed the 1,000-lawyer mark in 2016.