Sinema joins law firm as senior adviser

Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) is joining the Hogan Lovells's global regulatory and intellectual property team as a senior adviser, the lobbying firm announced Monday.

“Senator Sinema's extensive experience in AI, technology, digital assets, private equity, and cryptocurrency positions her to be a key advocate for clients in the fintech space, and an important contributor to the firm’s broader initiatives around digital transformation, energy evolution and geopolitical risk," Janice Hogan, a Hogan Lovells practice group leader, said in a statement on the hire.

The firm also hired Sinema’s chief of staff and former Senate adviser Daniel Winkler as a policy adviser.

Sinema was first elected to the House as a Democrat in 2012 but opted not to seek reelection last year after one term in the Senate. She notably dropped her Democratic Party affiliation in 2022 and became one of four independents in the upper chamber.

Sinema, who previously held jobs as a social worker, public defender and college professor, said in a statement that she wants to "help clients navigate and thrive through regulatory and political change" in her new role.

Leaders from both parties praised her work when Sinema, who was a member of the Appropriations, Commerce, Homeland Security and Banking committees, announced her retirement from public office last year.

Hogan Lovells CEO Miguel Zaldivar said in the news release that Sinema brings to the firm "a unique ability to foster cooperation across the political landscape."