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Political Law | USA

USA - Nationwide

Political Law features advice on the organisation and financing of elections campaigns (McCain-Feingold Act) as well as advice to corporations and independent advocacy groups on their election activities. Contentious matters include challenging decisions by election authorities (such as the Federal Election Commission).

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Band 1

  1. Covington & Burling LLP
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    Covington & Burling LLP
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 1 | 14 Years Ranked
    Covington & Burling LLP's bipartisan political law practice is renowned for its strong capabilities in counseling corporations, financial institutions, tax-exempt organizations and political action committees. The group has substantial expertise, which includes campaign finance, pay-to-play rules, government ethics and lobbying disclosure. The team also has extensive experience representing participants in sensitive congressional investigations.
  2. Elias Law Group LLP
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    Elias Law Group LLP
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 1 | 3 Years Ranked
    Elias Law Group is a political law boutique boasting a deep bench of experienced practitioners able to advise on complex election law matters. The firm offers particular prowess in voting rights and redistricting litigation and is well placed to assist Democratic campaigns and institutions, as well as nonprofit organizations. It has offices in Washington DC and Seattle.
  3. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
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    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 1 | 19 Years Ranked
    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom & Affiliates boasts a premier nonpartisan political law group with particular strength in corporate representation over gift and entertainment laws, campaign finance and lobbying disclosure rules. The practice remains at the forefront of advising on federal and state pay-to-play rules. It is a strong choice for representing corporations in responding to sensitive FEC complaints. The team is highly adept at providing political law compliance counsel in the context of M&A and media broadcasts. Its clients hail from a range of industries including financial services, energy, technology and insurance.
  4. Wiley
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    Wiley
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 1 | 19 Years Ranked
    Wiley's leading election law practice has a notable focus on advising Republican candidates and party committees. The practice offers a wealth of experience in contentious FEC proceedings and congressional investigations. The team counsels corporations, nonprofit organizations and political action committees on federal and state lobbying, campaign finance and pay-to-play rules. Expertise also spans political law issues concerning the activities of foreign nationals and overseas corporations.
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Band 2

  1. Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered
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    Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 2 | 15 Years Ranked
    Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered is a highly respected political law group with an emphasis on campaign finance, lobbying regulations and government ethics. The practice boasts experience counseling clients on federal, state and local pay-to-play laws. The team is well versed in sensitive congressional ethics investigations. The lawyers possess notable strength in advising tax-exempt organizations on all aspects of compliance. Clients also include corporations and political action committees, as well as political candidates and office holders across the political spectrum.
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Band 3

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    Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 3 | 10 Years Ranked
    Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC is a respected boutique firm with offices in Washington DC and Virginia as well as Florida and Arizona. It is a wide-ranging political law practice with expertise in campaign finance, election law and government ethics. The team is well versed in the representation of political candidates, nonprofit organizations and lobbyists, among others with associations with the Republican Party.
  2. Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP
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    Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 3 | 9 Years Ranked
    Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP is a California-based political law boutique with a national reputation. The firm advises leading corporations, tax-exempt organizations and trade associations on federal, state and local election law compliance and lobbying. Its substantive expertise includes campaign finance, ballot measures, government ethics, and gift and lobbying disclosure.
  3. Perkins Coie LLP
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    Perkins Coie LLP
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 3 | 19 Years Ranked
    Perkins Coie LLP has a strong track record in partisan political law matters, including counseling Democratic campaigns and party institutions. The firm continues to provide campaign finance and ethics compliance advice to corporations, nonprofit organizations and political action committees.
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Band 4

  1. Akin
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    Akin
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 4 | 1 Years Ranked
    Akin's political law group is recognized for its ability to advise clients across the political spectrum on federal and state pay-to-play, campaign finance and lobbying laws. The firm is able to draw upon its strength in government relations and lobbying to service corporate and tax-exempt organizations as well as private individual.
  2. Ballard Spahr LLP
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    Ballard Spahr LLP
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 4 | 6 Years Ranked
    Ballard Spahr's highly regarded political law group has a wealth of expertise in lobbying registration and reporting as well as election law. The firm is adept at advising public and elected officials on ethics and gift rules in addition to fielding expertise in Foreign Agent Registration Act compliance and enforcement. The attorneys are eminently capable of representing Fortune 100 corporations, nonprofits, government agencies and public officials.
  3. Holland & Knight LLP
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    Holland & Knight LLP
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 4 | 5 Years Ranked
    Holland & Knight LLP boasts a prominent political law team with a wealth of experience representing clients in the financial services sector, among others. The team provides corporate clients with high-level and often cross-border compliance counsel. The group is also well versed in advising political candidates and public officials on the full range of election law issues. Its capabilities include advising on the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
  4. Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock, P.C.
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    Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock, P.C.
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 4 | 19 Years Ranked
    Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock P.C. is a respected boutique firm advising on campaign finance, lobbying compliance and government ethics at the federal, state and local levels. The firm has significant strengths in election law litigation and FEC enforcement proceedings. It is increasingly focused on representing corporations in addition to its traditional client base of Democratic Party institutions, candidates, office holders and advocacy groups.
  5. Steptoe LLP
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    Steptoe LLP
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 4 | 4 Years Ranked
    Steptoe LLP is a respected national offering, skilled in handling the full range of political law issues on behalf of political campaigns as well as corporate clients, advising at both state and federal levels.
  6. Venable LLP
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    Venable LLP
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 4 | 9 Years Ranked
    Venable LLP offers a broad political law practice catering to corporations, trade associations, political action committees and individuals, among others. The practice provides expertise in a wide array of issues, including lobbying disclosure, campaign finance, ethics and the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The lawyers are capable of assisting clients with political law issues at the state and federal levels.
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Band 5

  1. BakerHostetler LLP
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    BakerHostetler LLP
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 5 | 2 Years Ranked
    BakerHostetler LLP is a go-to firm for state and local legislatures, particularly in relation to redistricting and voting rights litigation. The team is also frequently engaged to counsel corporations, trade associations and political action committees on political law compliance. The group offers substantive expertise in campaign finance and lobbying compliance.
  2. Dentons LLP
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    Dentons LLP
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 5 | 8 Years Ranked
    Dentons houses a well-regarded political law group with expertise advising on the full gamut of election law issues, including campaign finance and pay-to-play compliance. The team advises an impressive client base, which includes businesses, nonprofits and political candidates.
  3. Jones Day
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    Jones Day
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 5 | 10 Years Ranked
    Jones Day's political law practice is known for its representation of Republican candidates and party committees. The practice counsels businesses, advocacy groups and political candidates across a wide array of campaign finance, lobbying regulation and government ethics matters. The team has complementary strengths in civil and white-collar litigation, making it a strong choice for contentious enforcement proceedings, including FEC complaints and congressional ethics investigations.
  4. Mayer Brown LLP
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    Mayer Brown LLP
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 5 | 5 Years Ranked
    Mayer Brown LLP houses a well-respected political law team with attorneys based in Washington DC, Chicago and Los Angeles. The team advises on political law compliance issues and also handles redistricting litigation. The group is well placed to act on behalf of corporations, nonprofits and lobbying firms, among others.
  5. Pillsbury
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    Pillsbury
    Political Law
    2024 | Band 5 | 13 Years Ranked
    Pillsbury's political law practice is noted for its work advising clients on lobbying disclosure and campaign finance issues. The firm's clients also benefit from its ability to devise political law compliance programs. The group represents large corporations in industries such as energy and technology, among others.