SAN FRANCISCO — The former chair of Seyfarth Shaw’s litigation group in Los Angeles has come back to the Bay Area.

Francis Burke joined Foley & Lardner’s government enforcement, compliance and white collar defense practice as a partner on Wednesday. Splitting time between the firm’s San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices, he will continue to represent clients facing securities and antitrust litigation and enforcement, he said. Burke, who began his career in Morrison & Foerster’s San Francisco office, said he had always wanted to return.