Washington DC

Our Washington DC office serves clients across the full range of our firm’s practice areas, helping them to address issues at the intersection of business, government, and the law. Our lawyers bring a rich array of talents, backgrounds and specializations and possess a deep understanding or the regulatory landscape and the policy and regulatory trends that are vital to the success of our clients. Widely recognized as leaders in the Washington legal scene, many of our lawyers have served in senior positions in government and public service, including Special Assistant to the President; Deputy Counsel to the President; Secretary of Commerce; member of Congress; US Trade Representative; Deputy Solicitor General; Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the DOJ Antitrust Division; Associate Chief Counsel of the IRS; Branch Chief of the SEC; Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs; and General Counsel at the United States National Security Agency. Our lawyers are routinely recognized as leaders in the Washington legal scene by such publications as the Washington Business Journal, The Washingtonian, National Law Journal, Benchmark, and Chambers and Legal 500.

Home to leading practitioners before all three branches of the federal government – the Congress, the Supreme Court, and executive agencies – the office is purpose-built to help clients resolve their most challenging regulatory issues, commercial disputes, and government investigations.

Deeply committed to firmwide and local pro bono and community service activities, the Washington office participates in the DC Bar Pro Bono Program Advocacy & Justice Clinic, taking cases of vital importance to the indigent community; we also support Urban Alliance in hosting high school senior interns, as well as organize fund raising, mock trials, and other student events for Higher Achievement, and take on many other pro bono activities to help support our communities.