The National Law Journal reports that Patton Boggs has brought on a six-lawyer mortgage finance team from Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider, the firm announced Tuesday.

Partners Richard Andreano and John Socknat started work in the firm's Washington, D.C., office Monday. They will be joined by associates Reid Herlihy, Heather Hutchings and Haydn Richards on Thursday.

Michael Waldron, also a partner, will work out of Patton Boggs' Dallas office.

Andreano advises settlement service providers through issues concerning the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Truth in Lending Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Housing Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and the Gramm Leach Bliley Act.