Political Law

About

Provided by Ballard Spahr LLP

The Ballard Spahr team is comprised of roughly a dozen attorneys and a non-attorney compliance specialist who are located across several of the firm’s 15 offices.  Every member of the group has federal and state government experience and /or prior work for candidates for elective office at the federal and state levels.  Our impressive roster is headlined by former Philadelphia Mayor and Pennsylvania Governor, Ed Rendell, and includes attorneys who have worked in the U.S. Congress, the Federal Election Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, state legislatures, and state offices of attorneys general.

The collective hands-on experience enables the team to provide high-quality legal service on virtually any subject matter that may arise in the broad context of political and public policy engagement.  This includes the following:  federal, state and local lobbying registration and reporting; election law and PAC counsel in all jurisdictions on behalf of corporations, non-profit entities, candidates and political parties; tax counsel for corporations and non-profits as it relates to election law and lobbying activity; gifts and ethics restrictions for public officials at all levels of government; Foreign Agent Registration Act and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act counsel at both the compliance and enforcement levels; civil and criminal counsel for government investigations, and Financial Disclosure and ethics compliance work for Members and staff of Congress.