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Lobbying and Foreign Representation

Domestic lobbying:

Greenberg Traurig LLP filed as a lobby firm under the Lobby Disclosure Act from 2002-2024 representing 559 clients, including:

• Sprenger and Lang PLLC (2001 - 2014)
• Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (2001 - 2005)
• Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana (2001 - 2004)
• Interactive Gaming Council (2001 - 2012)
• Miami-Dade County, Fla. (2001 - 2024)

Foreign political or quasi-political activity:

Greenberg Traurig LLP registered as a foreign agent on behalf of foreign clients in 1993, under the Foreign Agent Registration Act. Foreign clients include:

• Secretaria de Agricultura Ganderia, Desarollo rural, Pesca y Alimentacio (2019)
• Government of Kurdistan, Iraq (2007, 2014, 2018 - 2019, 2021 - 2023)
• Kazakhstan Ministry of Justice (2018 - 2022)
• Mexican Secretariat of Economy (2019 - 2022)
• Government of Türkiye (2010, 2014 - 2015, 2017 - 2020)

Revolving door lobbyists:

People who lobbied on behalf of Greenberg Traurig LLP and have also worked in a congressional office:

• Patrick L. Anderson
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• Edward P. Ayoob
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• Former Rep. Jim Bacchus (D-FL)
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• Edward J. Barron
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• Former Rep. Charlie Bass (R-NH)
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• Jonathan H. Becker
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• Elana Broitman
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• William M. Brooke
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• Paul Edmund Brown
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• Tracie R. Chesterman
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• Howard Jay Cohen
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• Brian Homer Darling
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• Brendan Michael Dunn
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• Edward E. Eynon
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• Holly Rocco Feraci
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Caught Our Eye

• Ex-Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen registers as foreign agent

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 14, 2021
  Retired Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.), former chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, has signed on as a foreign agent to Mexico. read more

• Ex-Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen registers as first-time lobbyist

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 20, 2020
  Retired Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.), former chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, has officially made his lobbying debut. read more

• Sen. Gillibrand adviser leaves for advocacy group

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 5, 2020
  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has now lost the same senior adviser twice. read more

• Former Giuliani aide files to lobby for Kosovo

  Posted by on Nov. 14, 2019
  A former Rudy Giuliani aide who is leading a super PAC supporting President Trump is leveraging his connections to benefit the government of Kosovo − for a hefty fee. read more

• Ex-Rep. Boustany registers as Chinese and Turkish agent

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 1, 2018
  Former Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.) has begun his first work as an agent on behalf of two foreign governments: China and Turkey. read more

• Ex.-Rep. Randy Forbes files as Turkish agent

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 9, 2018
  Retired Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) has started his first gig as a foreign agent. read more

• Controversial "MLM" companies come to Washington

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 22, 2018
  Controversial "multi-level-marketing" businesses have spent years encouraging teams of independent "distributors" to hawk their products and recruit new sellers. As bad press finally catches up to them, many have taken their fight to Washington. read more

• Delivery-robot maker lobbying for nationwide penetration

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Sept. 2, 2016
  The company behind a new Washington law that will bring self-driving delivery robots to the city this fall is reaching out to the federal government to spread their autonomous delivery bots to the rest of the country.  read more

• Former Sen. Tim Hutchinson among Pokemon lobbyists

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 5, 2016
  "Senator, I choose you!" Former Sen. Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark.) is one of three Greenberg Traurig lobbyists advocating for Pokemon's business interests. read more

• Security systems lobbyist takes homeland security subcommittee job

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on May 20, 2015
  A lobbyist on security and defense issues has moved from advocating to a new position working for the House Appropriations Committee's Homeland Security Subcommittee. read more

Employees

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People whose biographies include Greenberg Traurig LLP as an employer:

• Caroline Keaton Abbott

  (May 2022-July 2022)

  Summer Associate

• Jack Allan Abramoff

  (Jan. 2001-2004)

  Lobbyist

• Rachel Ehrlich Albanese

  (Oct. 2009-Jan. 2012)

  Of Counsel

• Jeffrey S. Alberg (Jeff)

  (Dec. 2015-April 2019)

  Attorney

• John Dewitt Altenburg Jr.

  (Nov. 2002-)

  Of Counsel

• Irwin P. Altschuler

  (Dec. 2004-2020)

  Attorney/Partner

• Patrick L. Anderson

  (Oct. 2012-Sept. 2015)

  Assistant Director, then Director of Government Affairs

• Former Rep. Jim Bacchus (D-FL)

  (2004-2017)

  Chair of Global Practice

• Fred W. Baggett

  (Jan. 2024)

  Tallahassee Managing Shareholder

• Ruth A. Bahe-Jachna

  (Aug. 2000-)

  Attorney (Shareholder)

• David Alan Baron

  (2008-2017)

  Shareholder

• Steven G. Barringer (Steve)

  (March 2017-)

  Shareholder

• Edward J. Barron (Ed)

  (Jan. 2012-2015)

  Shareholder

• Former Rep. Charlie Bass (R-NH)

  (Jan. 2014-)

  Senior Director

• Samantha R. Beck

  (July 2019-June 2021)

  Associate Attorney

• Jonathan H. Becker

  (May 2018-2021)

  Shareholder

• Douglas H. Benevento (Doug)

  (Jan. 2006-March 2010)

  Attorney

• Kelsey Berkowitz

  (Aug. 2012-July 2016)

  Legislative Assistant

• Jonathan Lloyd Bing

  (Sept. 2019-)

  Shareholder

• Diane J. Blagman

  (Sept. 1993-)

  Senior Director, Government Law and Policy Practice

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