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With jump to DLA, Daschle going global
Former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle spoke with the NLJ about his jump from Alston & Bird to DLA Piper and his role in his new firm's global operations.
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Patton Boggs shuffles its top managers
Carrie Levine
Longtime Patton Boggs managing partner Stuart Pape is planning to step down at the end of 2010, passing the job to current deputy managing partner Edward Newberry as the firm tinkers with the way the position is structured.
Crowell-Folger deal hinged on benefits of big
Jeff Jeffrey
Most litigators at San Francisco-based Folger Levin & Kahn looked at Crowell & Moring and saw a firm that functions like a midsized outsider despite having more than 400 lawyers worldwide. Crowell's partnership was much more receptive.
On the Move
D.C. MOVES
Daniel Newhauser
One lawyer rejoins Clifford Chance and two promotions at Blank Rome. Plus, new lawyers at Cooley Godward, Eckert Seamans, Kaye Scholer, Knobb Martens, Littler Mendelson, Tully Rinckey, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
D.C. Honors
Daniel Newhauser
Calendar of Events
Lobbying and the Hill
Cash from the Congo
Carrie Levine
When hedge funds bought up the Republic of Congo's debt and started chasing the impoverished African nation for repayment plus interest, the country's president, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, took the battle to Washington.
Finance companies find money for lobbying work
Carrie Levine
The economy is still rocky, but the financial industry is showing one important sign of recovery: spending big bucks on Washington lobbying.
For Italian job, Mormons ask a D.C. insider for help
Carrie Levine
The Mormon church has hired A. Elizabeth Jones, a former high-level State Department employee and ambassador to Kazakhstan who is now an executive vice president at APCO Worldwide, to lobby the U.S. embassy in Italy to support the church's application for legal status in Italy.
D.C. Lists and Rankings
The 2009 D.C. 25: Flat & Happy
Washington's top 25 revenue-generating firms show slow growth and consider themselves lucky.
2008 Legal Times 150: The Washington Area's Biggest Law Offices
It was another year of healthy growth for the area's biggest law firms, which posted a 3.8 percent increase in head count over last year's Legal Times 150. So why is everyone so nervous?
Revenues and Profits: The 2008 D.C. 20
The Washington-area's top-grossing law offices pulled in more than $5 billion last year. See how they ranked in gross revenue.
Influence: The 2008 Revenue Report
Scandal, reform legislation, a drifting economy, a gridlocked Congress, campaign trail attacks. This may not seem like the best of times to be working as a lobbyist at a law firm or specialized lobbying shop. But given how revenues for their practices keep growing, it may not be a stretch to dub this "the golden age of lobbying."
