More than a year after Mark Hayes’ name arose in an insider trading investigation, the Greenberg Traurig life sciences and health care partner has left the firm’s office in Washington, D.C., to start his own practice.

Hayes, a former congressional aide for four U.S. senators hired by Greenberg Traurig in November 2010, formed Hayes Health Policy Strategies earlier this month. He did not immediately return a request for comment about his decision to leave Greenberg Traurig to start his own lobbying shop in suburban Annandale, Virginia.