Eckert Seamans added three partners and three lobbyists to its Richmond office this week. All six come from the firm of LeClairRyan. The office, which opened last Octoberwhen a group of former Troutman Sanders attorneys made the jump, had been staffed by a single lawyer up until now. Partners David Clarke, Thomas Lisk and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Senator Mel Martinez (R) of Florida, who resigned his seat last month, has joined DLA Piper as a partner. Martinez, who is the first Cuban-American elected to the Senate and has also served as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, will be banned from lobbying for two years under federal rules for lobbyists. Two [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 6, 2009
BGR Group has lost four staffers, including Democratic bigwigs Michael Meehan and David DiMartino. Meehan and DiMartino were the lobbying firm’s first Democratic hires, when the traditionally Republican firm went bipartisan in 2007. The pair will head spin-off firm Blue Line Strategic Communications. Two unnamed BGR staffers are joining them. Meehan was chief of staff to Washington Democratic [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 8, 2009
Gretchen Jacobs has left the Phoenix office of Greenberg Traurig, to set up her own autism lobbying group. Jacobs has an autistic daughter, and has been widely noted for her advocacy for autism research. She joined Greenberg Traurig in 2004 as part of the national governmental affairs practice. She got her law degree at the Santa Clara [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 20, 2009
Lawyers from the Washington, DC and Boston offices of now-defunct Wolf Block will join the Columbia, South Carolina office of Nelson Mullins. Those resurfacing at Nelson Mullins include five Boston partners, including Wolf Block Public Strategies CEO Robert Crow; two associates and two lobbyists from Boston; and a lobbyist from Washington. Crowe was co-chairperson for finance for [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 10, 2009
The Podesta Group has added at least six principals this year. Podesta saw a 44% rise in gross lobbying revenue from 2007 to 2008. So far this year, the firm has filed 18 registrations for new federal lobbying clients, including Deloitte, Michelin North America, and Sallie Mae. The firm’s existing clients include Google, Wal-Mart, and Reed Elsevier, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 30, 2009
Last month we reported that Holland & Knight laid off 243 lawyers and staffers. But it has now been revealed that during the same period, the firm took on more than a dozen lobbyists. Rich Gold, head of the firm’s public policy and regulation practice, expanded the size his federal lobbying team to about 70, to help [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 23, 2009
Am Law 200 firms Covington & Burling, K&L Gates, Dickstein Shapiro, and McGuireWoods were among the law firms that made the most cash from lobbying in 2008, according to Legal Times’ annual listing of the “Influence 50.” But Akin Gump came in first place, with $98 million in lobbying revenues in 2008, up 9% from 2007. Covington [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 5, 2009
Do you work for Washington DC law firm and lobbying group Arent Fox? Are you sure? After careful analysis and consideration following this review, we have made the difficult decision to downsize our associate, legal support and administrative ranks, resulting in the reduction of 13 associates and 15 staff members. These reductions will impact each of the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 11, 2008
Law firm Holland & Knight LLP is buying the assets of lobbying firm MARC Associates and adding the company’s lobbyists to its payroll. Effective January 1st, the 11 lobbyists will join Holland & Knight’s health care and local government policy specialties. “We’ve been looking to grow our health care practice for the last five years,” said Holland [...]
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