Brown Rudnick (Boston): Geoffrey Willis joins the firm’s environmental and real estate practices in the Irvine, Calif., office and will focus on transactional, regulatory and litigation matters. Previously, Willis was a partner at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton.

Cooley (Palo Alto, Calif.): William Donovan joins as head of the litigation practice in the Los Angeles office and will focus on trials and appeals. Previously, Donovan was a partner at DLA Piper.