Katten Muchin Rosenman announced Tuesday its hire of Craig Courter to serve as chief operating officer, bringing on board an industry veteran who since 2003 has held a variety of law firm executive roles.

At Baker McKenzie, Courter started as the firm’s deputy chief information officer in 2001. He went on to serve as the global legal giant’s chief technology officer and COO before leaving for the same position at Perkins Coie in 2007. He returned to Baker McKenzie’s COO position in 2013 and left in May when the firm promoted Jason Marty, its global director of operations, to global COO.