For the first time since 2007, Washington has a new leader in lobbying revenue. With $106.3 million in government-affairs income during 2012, Patton Boggs has knocked Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld from the top spot in The National Law Journal’ s annual survey of the lobbying industry, the Influence 50.

Akin, which came in second with $100.1 million, had sat atop the heap since 2007, when it edged out defending lobbying revenue leader Patton. Between 2008 and 2012, Patton stayed at No. 2.