It’s hard to talk about lobbying in Washington without mentioning Patton Boggs. The firm, which celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, was one of the first D.C. law firms to fully incorporate a lobbying operation. When Thomas Boggs Jr. joined the firm that now bears his name, in 1966, there were just a handful of lobbyists. But that small practice quickly grew into the top ranks of the influence industry in Washington in no small part because of Boggs.
Boggs and the firm’s managing partner, Edward Newberry, spoke with The National Law Journal recently from Patton’s office in D.C.’s West End neighborhood near Georgetown, about politics, lobbying and Washington influence.
