Since the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, reignited a media frenzy and national debate over gun control, law firms representing clients on either side of the issue have been swept up in the discussion and, at times, ire.
In late February, Holland & Hart was singled out by a conservative website, Washington Free Beacon, after one of the firm’s partners, Jason Crow, attacked the gun lobby during his congressional run as a Democrat. The article noted that the 460-lawyer firm has lobbied and done legal work for gun interests during his time as a partner. Holland & Hart lawyers lobbied for the National Shooting Sports Foundation and Magpul Industries, a manufacturer of large-capacity ammunition magazines like those used by the Aurora, Colorado, theater shooter, according to the article.
