Squire Sanders, which is voting on a merger with Patton Boggs, isn’t the only Am Law 100 firm putting a premium on public policy.

Edwards Wildman Palmer, formed through a late 2011 merger, has picked up four lobbyists from Boston-based public policy and consulting firm Smith, Ruddock & Hayes to launch its own government relations and public policy practice. The move roughly doubles the size of Edwards Wildman’s lobbying group in Washington, D.C.