There’s been a notable changing of the guard among attorneys in the mortgage banking practices at the law firms of Patton Boggs, Ballard Spahr and Dykema. Partners Richard Andreano, John Socknat and Michael Waldron and associate Reid Herlihy left Patton Boggs recently with upwards of 100 clients and signed on with the newly created Mortgage Banking Group at Ballard Spahr. The new unit is part of Ballard Spahr’s larger effort to build up its Washington, DC, office. Meanwhile, Dykema augmented its regulatory presence by bringing on board former Patton Boggs senior lawyers Heather Hutchings and Haydn Richards to its Financial Services Regulatory and Compliance practice.