Clarification: 5/28/2013, 11:47 a.m. EDT. The original version of this story described David Bournazian’s previous employment as a White House lawyer. He worked in the executive office of the White House under President George H.W. Bush. The information has been updated in the first paragraph.

DAVID BOURNAZIAN is now practicing with Baker & Hostetler as a partner in the litigation group. Bournazian is joining the firm’s Costa Mesa office in California, where his commercial litigation practice will concentrate on employment, health care and real estate disputes. Bournazian previously worked in the executive office of the White House under President George H.W. Bush, overseeing NASA and drug enforcement budgets and obtaining congressional approval for presidential programs. Most recently, he was a partner at Kutak Rock.