K&L Gates Enlists Ex-Aide to Banking Chair Scott in Hiring Spree

K&L Gates is adding a former senior aide to Senate Banking Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the latest in a string of new hires that also included the chief of staff to House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Emily Lavery, a former senior policy adviser to Scott and most recently a lobbyist at Fulcrum Public Affairs, is joining K&L Gates this week, the firm shared first with Bloomberg Government. She’ll focus on financial services and tax matters and build out a practice into financial technology and artificial intelligence.

“We are looking ahead and thinking about the future of policy advocacy, and it’s ...