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The top lobbying firms are based on revenues reported to Congress under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. In most cases, the firms provided the totals to Roll Call; when the firms did not respond, the totals were tallied from their quarterly reports that were on file with the Secretary of the Senate as of press time.
Rank | Lobby Shop | Revenue (in millions) | Percent Change | 2010 Revenue | 2010 Rank |
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1 | Patton Boggs | 48.4 | -6 | 51.7 | 1 |
2 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | 38 | 6 | 35.8 | 2 |
3 | Podesta Group | 27.1 | -9 | 29.8 | 3 |
4 | Van Scoyoc Associates | 25.3 | -14 | 29.4 | 4 |
5 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | 22.1 | -9 | 24.4 | 5 |
6 | Cassidy & Associates | 20.2 | 0 | 20.2 | 7 |
7 | Ogilvy Government Relations | 19.9 | 14 | 17.5 | 9 |
8 | Holland & Knight | 19 | -10 | 21.1 | 6 |
9 | K&L Gates | 18.7 | -0.5 | 18.8 | 8 |
10 | Williams & Jensen | 18 | 3 | 17.4 | 10 |
11 | BGR Group | 15.5 | 3 | 15 | 13 |
12 | Hogan Lovells | 15.4 | -7 | 16.5 | 12 |
13 | Alston + Bird | 13.7 | 20 | 11.4 | 23 |
14 | Cornerstone Government Affairs | 13 | -5 | 13.7 | 14 |
15 | McBee Strategic Consulting | 12.9 | -2 | 13.2 | 15 |
16 | Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti | 12.5 | 0.8 | 12.4 | 17 |
17 | Washington Council Ernst & Young | 12.1 | 7 | 11.3 | 24 |
18 | Peck, Madigan, Jones & Stewart | 11.8 | 0.9 | 11.7 | 22 |
19 | Dutko Grayling | 11.3 | -35 | 17.3 | 11 |
20 | Covington & Burling | 11.2 | 10 | 10.2 | |
21 | Capitol Tax Partners | 11 | -8 | 12 | 20 |
22 | Capitol Counsel | 10.9 | 8 | 10.1 | |
23 | Alcalde & Fay | 10.8 | -0.9 | 10.9 | 25 |
23 | Fierce, Isakowitz & Blalock | 10.8 | 40 | 7.7 | |
23 | Prime Policy Group | 10.8 | -13 | 12.4 | 17 |