Charlotte Westfall and Victor Marquez of Squire Patton Boggs. Charlotte Westfall and Victor Marquez of Squire Patton Boggs (Courtesy photos).

Squire Patton Boggs has hired two former CKR Law partners to bolster its cross-border corporate and real estate practices in San Francisco.

Charlotte Westfall and Victor Marquez joined Squire's San Francisco office as partners on Oct. 9. Their departure from CKR adds to a string of defections at the New York-based law firm after its financial struggles came to light earlier this year.

Westfall was at CKR Law for five years, while Marquez practiced at the firm for less than a year. Before that, Marquez had his own law firm for 18 years.