Pillsbury LLP hired Todd Kim, formerly the Justice Department’s top environmental lawyer, as a litigation partner in Washington, DC, the firm announced Monday.

Kim left the DOJ in January after more than three years as assistant attorney general for the environment and natural resources division, where he oversaw more than 600 attorneys and professionals and directed litigation strategy on environmental and administrative law matters. The former Reed Smith partner also previously served as solicitor general for the District of Columbia, where he led the handling of hundreds of appeals and argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal …