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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.
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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.
2009 Legal Times 150: D.C.'s Largest Law Offices
The Washington area's largest law offices reported a barely 1% rise in head count, going virtually flat after five years of steady increases, according to the this year's Legal Times 150 survey.
On the Move
D.C. Moves
Daniel Newhauser
D.C. Honors
Daniel Newhauser
Calendar of Events
D.C. CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Daniel Newhauser
Lobbying and the Hill
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."
