Top 25 K Street Lobbying Firms – 2009 First Half

Podesta Group, the lobbying firm founded by Democrat Tony Podesta, showed the biggest percentage gain in lobbying fees among the top 25 firms on K Street during the first half of 2009.

	Firm	1st Half Fees 2009	Percent change from 2008
1.	Patton Boggs	$20.5 million	-10.2%
2.	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	$16.0 million	-10.1%
3.	Van Scoyoc Associates	$13.1 million	-.01%
4.	Podesta Group	$11.8 million	+63%
5.	Holland & Knight	$10.3 million	+40%
6.	Cassidy & Associates	$9.99 million	-15%
7.	Dutko Worldwide	$9.97 million	-3%
8.	K & L Gates	$9.45 milion	+19%
9.	Brownstein Hyatt & Farber	$9.22 million	+33%
10.	Hogan & Hartson	$8.92 million	-13.3%
11.	Ogilvy Government Relations	$8.81 million	-2%
12.	Williams & Jensen	$8.26 million	flat
13.	BGR Holding	$8.13 million	-17%
14.	Quinn Gillespie & Associates	6.73 million	-8%
15.	Washington Council Ernst & Young	6.55 million	+17%
16.	Cornerstone Government Affairs	6.07 million	+8%
17.	Ferguson Group	5.86 million	+6%
18.	Capitol Tax Partners	5.48 million	-2%
19.	Carmen Group	5.43 million	-1%
20.	Venable	5.42 million	+22%
21.	Alcalde & Fay	5.38 million	flat
22.	DLA Piper	5.37 million	-20%
23.	McBee Strategic Consulting	5.34 million	+14%
24.	The Breaux Lott Leadership Group	5.12 million	+53%
25.	Covington & Burling	5.10 million	-6%

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