Eugene Scalia is to return to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner in Washington, DC, following a controversial stint as US Labor Secretary in the Trump administration.

Announced by the firm on 30 March, Scalia, son of the late US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, will return to co-chair Gibson Dunn’s administrative law and regulatory practice and serve as a senior member of its labour and employment and financial institutions practice groups.