LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Education

• University of Tennessee College of Law - JD (1968)

• University of Georgia (Athens) - BA, business administration (1966)

• Louisiana Tech University - Attended (1961-1962)

• C.E. Byrd High School (Shreveport, La.) - Diploma (1961)

Office History

Election Results

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Georgia (Class 2)
  Clarence Saxby Chambliss (Saxby), 49.80%

  Republican
  James Francis Martin (Jim), 46.80%

  Democrat
  Allen Buckley, 3.41%

  Libertarian
  Runoff election
  Clarence Saxby Chambliss (Saxby), 57.40%

  Republican
  James Francis Martin (Jim), 42.60%

  Democrat

• 2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Georgia (Class 2)
  Clarence Saxby Chambliss (Saxby), 52.73%

  Republican
  Joseph Maxwell Cleland (Max), 45.90%

  Democrat
  Claude Sandy Thomas, 1.37%

  Libertarian

• 2001 (Nov. 7, 2000 election)

  8th Congressional District of Georgia
  Clarence Saxby Chambliss (Saxby), 58.92%

  Republican
  James Creel Marshall (Jim), 41.08%

  Democrat

• 1999 (Nov. 3, 1998 election)

  8th Congressional District of Georgia
  Clarence Saxby Chambliss (Saxby), 62.37%

  Republican
  Ronald L. Cain, 37.63%

  Democrat

• 1997 (Nov. 5, 1996 election)

  8th Congressional District of Georgia
  Clarence Saxby Chambliss (Saxby), 52.56%

  Republican
  Jim Wiggins, 47.44%

  Democrat

• 1995 (Nov. 8, 1994 election)

  8th Congressional District of Georgia
  Clarence Saxby Chambliss (Saxby), 62.65%

  Republican
  Craig Mathis, 37.35%

  Democrat

Employment History

• DLA Piper LLP (US) (Jan. 2015-)

  Partner

Associated Organizations

• Republican Majority Fund

• Common Sense Leadership Fund

Awards

• W. Stuart Symington Award (Air & Space Forces Association)

• Distinguished Service Award (American Farm Bureau Federation) (Jan. 2016)

• Harry S. Baker Distinguished Service Award (​National Cotton Council of America) (Feb. 2014)

• Jefferson-Lincoln Award (Leon and Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy) (2013)

• National Legislative Advocacy Award (Association of the U.S. Navy Inc.) (2008)

• Harry S. Truman Award (National Guard Association of the United States) (2008)

• Minuteman of the Year (Reserve Organization of America) (2005)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• 
  Email, work:
  saxby.chambliss@dlapiper.com
• U.S. News lawyer profile

Atlanta, Ga. Office
1201 W. Peachtree St.
Suite 2900
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3449
Phone: (404) 736-7800
Fax: (404) 682-7800
Direct phone: 404-736-7800
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Lobbying and Foreign Representation

Listed as lobbyist by registrants:

• DLA Piper LLP (US) (2021-2024)

Lobbied on behalf of:

• Atlantic Coast Conference
• Coca-Cola Co.
• Hyundai Motor America
• Illumina Inc.
• PGA Tour Inc.
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Privately Financed Travel

38 trips taken between 2000 - 2014 costing $103,255

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 8/24/2013: Transportation expense from Rwanda
• 4/5/2009: Transportation within Egypt from Multinational Force and Observers

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Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Ex-Sen. Saxby Chambliss lobbying for SolarWinds

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 21, 2021
  The SolarWinds cyber-attack has made a first-time lobbyist out of retired Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.). read more

• Rep. Granger hires yet another chief of staff

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 30, 2020
  Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) has hired yet another chief of staff - the fifth to serve her office since last summer. read more

• Legislative assistant ducks away from the Hill to Aflac

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 2, 2018
  One aide has gotten a lot out of her time with Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) — three years of experience plus a husband. Now, she's moved on to the private sector. read more

• NRA lobbyist back to Hill as chief of staff

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 11, 2017
  Less than a month after the shooting at a congressional baseball practice reignited a debate about the role of firearms in society, Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.) has brought a gun lobbyist on as chief of staff. read more

• BIO snags Senate health as gov't affairs director

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 14, 2017
  Biotechnology Innovation Organization, the world's largest biotechnology trade firm, picked up Sen. Johnny Isakson's (R-Ga.) health policy aide this month. read more

• Former Chambliss staffer takes oil lobbying job

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Sept. 15, 2015
  The Petroleum Marketers Association of America has tapped the office of former Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) to extract their new director of government relations. read more

• Congressman’s African trip funded by Hollywood celebrity’s non-profit

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Jan. 7, 2014
  Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) received the star treatment despite traveling in a war-torn region.The Eastern Congo Initiative, founded by Ben Affleck, paid for the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee to visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda in December. The congressman got the chance to meet various government and civil society leaders while getting to witness first-hand some of ECI's projects. read more

• Sen. Chambliss defense aide joins the lobbying world

  Posted by Katie Barrows on Jan. 6, 2014
  A military aide to Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) who earned the nickname "Sledge" as a fighter pilot has hammered into a government relations job with a defense lobbying firm. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on May 23, 2013
  A former Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) aide has taken on her first lobby clients with her new firm. read more

• Posted by Greg Wright on Nov. 29, 2012
  Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) has a new constituent services representative who has pulled off a reverse revolving door maneuver. read more