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Political Law | USA
USA - Nationwide
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USA - NATIONWIDE: An Introduction to Political Law
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Authored by Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP, Jason Kaune, Evann Whitelam
Rankings overview for Departments
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Senior Statespeople
Band 1
Caleb P Burns Wiley16 Years Ranked
Charles Ricciardelli Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates10 Years Ranked
Charles Spies Dickinson Wright PLLC14 Years Ranked
Jan W Baran Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC20 Years Ranked
Jason Torchinsky Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC10 Years Ranked
Kenneth A Gross Akin20 Years Ranked
Ki P Hong Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates17 Years Ranked
Marc Erik Elias Elias Law Group LLP19 Years Ranked
Matthew Sanderson Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered12 Years Ranked
Melissa Laurenza Akin8 Years Ranked
Michael E Toner Wiley17 Years Ranked
Robert K Kelner Covington & Burling LLP16 Years Ranked
Robert Lenhard Covington & Burling LLP13 Years Ranked
Band 2
Brandis Zehr Wiley6 Years Ranked
Brandon L Van Grack Morrison Foerster3 Years Ranked- Charles Borden Holland & Knight LLP10 Years Ranked
Claire Rajan Steptoe LLP9 Years Ranked
Ezra Reese Elias Law Group LLP9 Years Ranked
Jason Abel Steptoe LLP11 Years Ranked- Jason Kaune Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP5 Years Ranked
Katherine Belinski Ballard Spahr LLP9 Years Ranked
Neil Reiff Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock, P.C.8 Years Ranked
Rebecca Gordon Perkins Coie LLP13 Years Ranked
Tyler Rosen Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates7 Years Ranked
William Minor DLA Piper LLP (US)15 Years Ranked
Zachary Parks Covington & Burling LLP8 Years Ranked- Elliot BerkeBerke Farah LLP
Band 3
Benjamin Keane Dentons LLP8 Years Ranked
Brian Svoboda Perkins Coie LLP2 Years Ranked- Christopher DeLacy Holland & Knight LLP5 Years Ranked
Craig Engle ArentFox Schiff LLP20 Years Ranked
E. Mark Braden BakerHostetler LLP3 Years Ranked
Emily Barrett Erlingsson Pillsbury5 Years Ranked
Jessica Furst Johnson Lex Politica, PLLC4 Years Ranked
Jill Holtzman Vogel Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC2 Years Ranked
Jonathan S Berkon Elias Law Group LLP4 Years Ranked
Joseph M. Birkenstock Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock, P.C.16 Years Ranked
Mark Renaud Wiley9 Years Ranked
Matthew Bobys Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates14 Years Ranked
Melissa Miles Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates3 Years Ranked
Robert L. Walker Wiley9 Years Ranked
Ronald Jacobs Venable LLP15 Years Ranked- Samuel Brown Holland & Knight LLP8 Years Ranked
Timothy Jenkins Ballard Spahr LLP11 Years Ranked
Trevor Stanley BakerHostetler LLP3 Years Ranked
Band 4
Abha Khanna Elias Law Group LLP3 Years Ranked
Adie Olson Steptoe LLP5 Years Ranked
Andrew D Garrahan Covington & Burling LLP3 Years Ranked
Bryson Morgan Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered5 Years Ranked
Chris Gober Lex Politica, PLLC1 Years Ranked
Derek Lawlor Covington & Burling LLP2 Years Ranked
James Kahl Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP3 Years Ranked
Jeffrey Hunter Kelley Drye & Warren LLP5 Years Ranked
Joseph Seliga Mayer Brown LLP12 Years Ranked
Joshua Rosenstein Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock, P.C.1 Years Ranked
Kevin J Hamilton Perkins Coie LLP14 Years Ranked
Kyle Gilster Husch Blackwell LLP3 Years Ranked
Lawrence H Norton Venable LLP12 Years Ranked
Megan Sowards Newton Jones Day5 Years Ranked
Michael Bell Hogan Lovells2 Years Ranked
Mitchell D Holzrichter Mayer Brown LLP5 Years Ranked
Stephen J. Obermeier Wiley4 Years Ranked
Steve Roberts Lex Politica, PLLC1 Years Ranked
Up and Coming
Associates to watch
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Covington & Burling LLPPolitical Law2025 | Band 1 | 15 Years RankedCovington & 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.
1 Elias Law Group LLPPolitical Law2025 | Band 1 | 4 Years RankedElias Law Group LLP 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.
1 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & AffiliatesPolitical Law2025 | Band 1 | 20 Years RankedSkadden, 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.
1 WileyPolitical Law2025 | Band 1 | 20 Years RankedWiley'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.
Band 2
2 Caplin & Drysdale, CharteredPolitical Law2025 | Band 2 | 16 Years RankedCaplin & 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 include corporations and political action committees, as well as political candidates and office holders across the political spectrum.
2 Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLCPolitical Law2025 | Band 2 | 11 Years RankedHoltzman 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.
Band 3
3 AkinPolitical Law2025 | Band 3 | 2 Years RankedAkin'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.
3 Holland & Knight LLPPolitical Law2025 | Band 3 | 6 Years RankedHolland & Knight LLP features 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.
3 Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLPPolitical Law2025 | Band 3 | 10 Years RankedNielsen 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 LLPPolitical Law2025 | Band 3 | 20 Years RankedPerkins 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.
3 Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock, P.C.Political Law2025 | Band 3 | 20 Years RankedSandler 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.
3 Steptoe LLPPolitical Law2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedSteptoe 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.3 Venable LLPPolitical Law2025 | Band 3 | 10 Years RankedVenable 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. Its lawyers are capable of assisting clients with political law issues at the state and federal levels.
Band 4
4 BakerHostetler LLPPolitical Law2025 | Band 4 | 3 Years RankedBakerHostetler 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.
4 Ballard Spahr LLPPolitical Law2025 | Band 4 | 7 Years RankedBallard 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.
4 Dentons LLPPolitical Law2025 | Band 4 | 9 Years RankedDentons 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.
4 Jones DayPolitical Law2025 | Band 4 | 11 Years RankedJones 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 Lex Politica, PLLCPolitical Law2025 | Band 4 | 1 Years RankedLex Politica is recognized for its strength in advising on various matters of political law, including compliance matters, lobbying and campaign financing. The team represents PACs, trade associations and other significant political stakeholders.
4 Mayer Brown LLPPolitical Law2025 | Band 4 | 6 Years RankedMayer 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.
4 PillsburyPolitical Law2025 | Band 4 | 14 Years RankedPillsbury'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.