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Lobbying and Foreign Representation

Domestic lobbying:

Squire Sanders (US) LLP filed as a lobby firm under the Lobby Disclosure Act from 2002-2013 representing 32 clients, including:

• Cuyahoga County, Ohio (2007 - 2012)
• Advanced Cardiac Specialists (2008)
• Ovations Inc. (2006 - 2009)
• Fanjul Family Trusts (2006 - 2009)
• AES Corp. (2007 - 2009)

Foreign political or quasi-political activity:

Squire Sanders (US) LLP registered as a foreign agent on behalf of foreign clients in 1952, until 2013, under the Foreign Agent Registration Act. Foreign clients include:

• Tourism Ireland Ltd. (2011)
• Government of the Czech Republic (2011)
• California Steel Industries Inc. (1989)
• Government of Togo (1962, 1979)
• Corporacion Nacional de Hoteles y Turismo (1972)

Revolving door lobbyists:

People who lobbied on behalf of Squire Sanders (US) LLP and have also worked in a congressional office:

• Martha Christin Foley
  Worked for:
• David Matthew Spooner
  Worked for:
• Former Rep. Louis Stokes (D-OH)
  Worked for:
• Former Rep. Charles Albert Vanik (D-OH)
  Worked for:

Caught Our Eye

• Squire Patton Boggs registers on behalf of first clients as a new firm

  Posted by John Sugden on June 24, 2014
  Washington, D.C.'s newest super-firm has registered its first lobbying clients since it was formed with the merger of law firm Squire Sanders and the reigning kings of K Street, Patton Boggs. The registrations say more about the old Squire Sanders than the newly combined firm since the clients, mostly from Florida, are holdovers from Squire Sanders' comparably small public advocacy wing. read more

• Portman's top adviser took a hefty pay cut through the revolving door

  Posted by LegiStorm on Oct. 31, 2011
  When Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) took his Senate seat at the beginning of this year, he pulled his chief of staff back through the revolving door from K Street. read more

• Posted by LegiStorm on Oct. 12, 2011
  Robert Lehman, Rob Portman's chief of staff, reports earning $440,000 at Squire Sanders and Dempsey. His clients included National Mutual Insurance Co., the National Cotton Council and Cincinnati State Technical and Community College.

Employees

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People whose biographies include Squire Sanders (US) LLP as an employer:

• James Barresi (Jim)

  (April 2001-May 2014)

  Partner

• Mark Botti

  (Jan. 2013-May 2014)

  Partner

• Alberto Remigio Cardenas Jr. (Al)

  (2014)

  Senior Partner

• Teri L. Donaldson

  (Dec. 2006-Sept. 2010)

  Partner

• Scott A. Edelstein

  (Sept. 2005-June 2014)

  Partner

• David E. Kopans

  Associate

• Robert Day Lehman (Rob)

  (Nov. 2007-Dec. 2010)

  Principal

• Steven Patrick Otillar

  (Jan. 2001-March 2007)

  Attorney

• Former Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)

  (2007-2009)

  Partner

• Manisha Singh

  (May 2001-May 2002)

  Associate Attorney

• Christopher H. Skinner (Chris)

  (Oct. 2005-May 2014)

  Senior Associate

• Christine Juliet Sohar Henter

  Senior Associate

• David Matthew Spooner

  (2009-June 2014)

  Of Counsel

• Sarah Sprinkle

  (May 2013-Nov. 2013)

  Associate

• Former Rep. Louis Stokes (D-OH)

  (1999-Dec. 2012)

  Senior Counsel

• Randi Malcolm Thomas

  (Sept. 1993-March 1999)

  Associate