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Capitol Counsel hired Stacie Aman as a principal within its healthcare team. Aman comes from Golden Living, a provider of home health, hospice, rehabilitative therapy and assisted-living care services,...
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Total Spectrum/Steve Gordon and Associates is opening up an office in Atlanta and bringing on two new hires. One addition is Todd Smith, who has been working as an outside consultant representing...
View ArticleFormer GOP rep joins King & Spalding
Former Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.), who retired from Congress earlier this year, is joining law and lobby firm King & Spalding. He’s becoming a senior counsel within the firm’s government advocacy...
View ArticleMoneyman brings budget prowess to lobby firm
Capitol Hill’s top moneyman is taking his budget savvy to K Street after more than two decades years on the job.Will Smith, who has led the House Appropriations Committee’s Republican staff for the...
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Holland & Knight has chosen David Whitestone as the head of the firm’s government section, succeeding former Rep. Gerry Sikorski (D-Minn.), who has led the practice for more than 10 years....
View ArticleUber's top lobbyist jumps to boutique tech firm
Uber’s top lobbyist, Brian Worth, has joined the boutique tech lobbying firm Franklin Square Group.The six-person firm represents the biggest names in Silicon Valley, including Apple, Google, eBay,...
View ArticleFormer Trump aide Manafort hires crisis communications firm
Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, has hired a crisis communications firm.The move comes as Manafort faces scrutiny over possible ties to Russia centered on his...
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HEALTHCARE. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, the world’s largest manufacturer of generic drugs, hired a bipartisan roster of lobbyists at Kountoupes Denham to work on “[Food and Drug Administration] and...
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Targeted Victory, a GOP advertising and strategic advisory firm, has hired Connie Partoyan as its president. She was formerly CEO of Direct Impact, an offshoot of the global public relations firm...
View ArticleTrump lawyer forms partnership with lobby firm
President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is joining forces with the Washington law and lobby firm Squire Patton Boggs, the firm said in an announcement on Monday.Cohen — who owns his...
View ArticleTrump-connected firm signs $900K contract with the Dominican Republic
Ballard Partners, a firm connected to President Trump, has signed its first foreign government as a client: the Dominican Republic.The Florida-based company helped Trump win the state in the...
View ArticleTop financial services lobbyist departs for trade association
Francis Creighton, the top lobbyist at the Financial Services Roundtable, has been tapped to lead a trade association for consumer data companies.The Consumer Data Industry Association represents...
View ArticleTrump-connected firm signs another foreign client
Ballard Partners, a firm with ties to President Donald Trump, has signed its second foreign government client in as many weeks.The Socialist Party of Albania has hired the Florida-based firm for...
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Government. Avenue Strategies, the lobbying firm founded by former Donald Trump presidential campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, has signed its largest client, the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs...
View ArticleControversial Ukrainian politician hires pastor as lobbyist
A Ukrainian politician under investigation for treason in his country has hired a lobbyist to clear his name in Washington, according to forms disclosed to the Justice Department earlier this month....
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• Roberti Global: Irizarry Klein Roberti hired GOP lobbyist Drew Cole. He comes from QGA Public Affairs, where he served for eight years, and worked at DCI Group prior to that.• Carrie Hartgen joined...
View ArticleCongo inks $5.6 million lobbying deal amid election strife
The Democratic Republic of Congo is spending millions on a coordinated lobbying campaign aimed at the United States amid rising tensions over the future of its leader, Joseph Kabila.The country signed...
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• An aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will be joining the K Street firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on June 12. Brian McGuire, who has been McConnell’s chief of staff since...
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The American Hotel & Lodging Association has named Kevin Carey its executive vice president and chief operating officer, a newly created position. Before that, he held top posts at American...
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• TESTIMONY. The United Kingdom hired a U.S. firm to help prep its country’s officials for a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill on information sharing between private companies and law enforcement....
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