Government Relations

Sometimes the best strategies to protect your business involve working outside the conventional financial and legal world. Decisions that can make or break your company can be made at high levels in Washington, D.C., a state capital, a city hall or by a bureaucrat or regulator. To succeed in these arenas, a business must be able to access the right people and use the access wisely.

Our group has spent years understanding how government works and developing relationships with its decision makers. Though we specialize in federal relations and are based in Washington, D.C., we operate at all levels of government in many different parts of the country. We have experience in a host of fast-changing legal areas, including natural resources, technology, trade, government contracting, energy and others.

Successful government relations campaigns require a sound strategy, whether a client's objective is litigation avoidance, conflict resolution or securing a competitive advantage. In formulating a strategy, often one of the most important services we provide is suggesting a new approach to a client's problem, one that will save the client time and money as well as a winning solution.

Supporting our group are the resources of a full-service law firm with more than 600 attorneys. When appropriate, we can utilize these resources to help develop a strategy that minimizes confrontation and maximizes concrete results for a client. In the government arena, everyone knows someone but no one knows everyone. So our attorneys work as a team when deciding who in government to approach and how to use this access to achieve a client's goals.