Industry Shakers: Cruden to Beveridge, Houston Lawyers Make Moves

John Cruden, former head of the Environment and Natural Resources Division at the Justice Department, has joined the nation’s largest firm dedicated solely to environmental law.

Meanwhile, energy practitioners are joining rival firms in Houston where Reed Smith LLP continues to add lawyers to its five-year-old office. These are the moves we’re keeping an eye on at Bloomberg Environment.

‘Just Getting Started’

John Cruden, a former assistant attorney general, has joined Beveridge & Diamond PC as a principal in the firm’s Washington office.

Cruden, who spent nearly 25 years at the Justice Department also as deputy assistant attorney general and ...