The Lobbying Manual: A Complete Guide to Federal Lobbying Law and Practice, Fifth Edition / Edition 5

by Rebecca H. Gordon, Thomas M. Susman

Overview

Whether you're a lobbyist working for a law firm, public relations firm or multi-million dollar corporation, or a government affairs or public policy professional advocating on behalf of a nonprofit or charitable organization, labor union, trade association, or other public interest group, practitioners and clients alike must comply with certain laws that vary by jurisdiction. Keeping current with the all of the state and federal laws and regulations can be an arduous and time consuming task.

The manual also contains descriptions of the legislative and executive branch decision-making processes, the constraints that apply to lobbyist participation in political campaigns, the techniques of grassroots lobbying, the professional norms of appropriate behavior that apply to lobbyists, and much more.

The information contained in this handy guide is applicable at the federal, state and local levels and is designed for lawyers, government affairs professionals, legislative staff, regulators, professors and students or anyone who lobbies on behalf of an organization, interest group or client. You don’t want to be without this valuable resource.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781634254540
Publisher:	American Bar Association
Publication date:	02/01/2017
Edition description:	5th Edition
Pages:	624
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Rebecca H. Gordon is a partner in the Political Law Group at Perkins Coie LLP. She counsels corporations, trade associations, lobbying firms, and other entities on the entire spectrum of legal issues that impact their interactions with federal and state governments. These include federal Lobbying Disclosure Act registration and reporting requirements, state lobbying laws, federal and state campaign finance laws, federal and state laws governing conveyance of gifts to public officials, and federal and state pay-to-play laws. Working with clients’ government relations and legal teams, Rebecca helps construct and implement compliance programs fitting each organization's structure and culture. She counsels on campaign finance and congressional ethics matters, and helps organizations that wish to do so to create and operate their own PACs. Rebecca knows how to spot issues of concern to corporations, drawing upon years of experience as counsel to a number of political campaigns.

Thomas M. Susman, formerly Director of the ABA Governmental Affairs Office for a decade, is now at the ABA as Strategic Advisor for Global Programs and Governmental Affairs. Before joining the ABA staff, he was a partner in the Washington office of Ropes & Gray, LLP where he coordinated the firm's regulatory and legislative practice for over 27 years. He received his B.A. from Yale (1964) and his J.D. from the Universityof Texas (1967), and was general counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee before entering private practice. Mr. Susman has served on the Board of Governors and in the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association and is a past chair of the Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section of the ABA. He chairs the Ethics Committee of the National Institute on Lobbying & Ethics and is a member of the American Law Institute. He frequently speaks and writes about lobbying, ethics, administrative law, and open government. He was founding editor and is a contributor to the ABA LOBBYING MANUAL.