Vedder Price has expanded its year-old Dallas office with a three-lawyer white-collar defense team from midsize Dallas firm Bell Nunnally & Martin led by Jeff Ansley.

Ansley, now a shareholder with Vedder Price, and associate Katherine Devlin joined the Chicago-founded firm last month, while shareholder Arianna Goodman made the move in November. The firm just announced the hires in its government investigations and white-collar defense practice Thursday, but Ansley said they were busily focused on a case they tried in federal court in Fort Worth in January and trial preparation for another.