Skadden, Arps, Meagher, Slate & Flom has hired King & Spalding's Quyen Ta, a trial lawyer whose practice includes consumer class actions and trade secrets. Ta is joining as a partner in Skadden's Palo Alto office.

The move is the firm's second Palo Alto partner hire this year and follows a string of recent litigation leader pickups. In February, the firm added capital markets attorney Brian Paulson from Latham & Watkins. Last year, the firm also bolstered its litigation bench with Mark Foster, a securities litigation co-chair at Morrison & Foerster, in February and Manuel Cachán, the co-head of the trial practice group at Proskauer Rose in April.