WRITTEN BY WASHINGTONIAN STAFF | PUBLISHED ON MAY 2, 2024 Here’s our list of the experts and advocates, outside the government, who are playing big roles in Washington’s policy debates. Banking & Finance People who advocate for stable and secure financial systems De’Ana Dow Capitol Counsel Partner and General Counsel When Kalshi—an exchange in which people can trade...

The lobbying firms reporting the most revenue remained unchanged in 2023: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, tops the list with $62.7 million, followed by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Holland & Knight, and BGR Government Affairs. Rounding out the top 10 are Cornerstone Government Affairs, Invariant, Thorn Run Partners, Capitol Counsel, Forbes Tate Partners, and...

By Kate Ackley | March 8, 2024 5:30AM ET Capitol Hill Pipeline Some women who served in Congress have gone to lobbying jobs, including former Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and ex-Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.). Shannon Finley, a founding partner of Capitol Counsel and a one-time senior political adviser to then-Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), started lobbying...