Hill Cites OGR as Top Ten firm in Q2

The Hill 

July 26, 2011


Several of Washington’s prominent lobby firms reported declines intheir lobbying earnings for the first half of this year compared to the samepoint in 2010, according to forms filed Wednesday under the Lobbying DisclosureAct (LDA). 

Lobbying Revenue mid-year 2011

Lobbying Firm

Mid-year 2011

Mid-year 2010

Percent change

Patton Boggs**

24.7

20.5

20%

Akin Gump

17.7

18.2

-3%

Podesta Group

13.7

14.3

-4%

Van Scoyoc Associates

12.4

14.5

-14%

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

10.7

11.8

-9%

Cassidy & Associates

10.4

10.8

-4%

K&L Gates

9.6

9.8

-2%

Holland & Knight

9.5

10.8

-12%

Ogilvy Government Relations

9.5

8.9

7%

Williams & Jensen

8.8

8.6

2%

BGR Holdings

8.2

7.1

15%

Hogan Lovells

7.9

8.8

-10%

Cornerstone Government Affairs

6.4

7

-9%

McBee Strategic Consulting

6.4

6.6

-3%

Alston & Bird

6.4

5.6

14%

Dutko Worldwide

6.2

8.8

-30%

Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti

6.1

6.1

0%

Peck Madigan Jones & Stewart*

5.8

5.6

4%

Capitol Tax Partners

5.7

6.3

-10%

Washington Council Ernst & Young

5.7

5.7

0%

Allfigures are in the millions of dollars.

* Calculatedby The Hill.  

** IncludesBreaux Lott Leadership Group for 2011 figure. The firm merged with Patton Boggsin July 2010.

Thischart was updated at 1:30 p.m. on July 21.