Kenneth A Gross
USA Guide 2024
Band 1 : Political Law
Band 1
About
Provided by Kenneth A Gross
Practice Areas
Kenneth Gross is a leading authority on political law with over three decades of experience advising on campaign law compliance, gift and gratuity rules, lobby registration provisions, and securities laws regulating political activity. Ken routinely advises on pay to play laws and in matters involving U.S. House of Representatives and Senate ethics rules. He has worked extensively with federal and state lobby registration laws, in particular, compliance with LDA and FARA. As former Associate General Counsel of the Federal Election Committee (FEC), Ken headed the General Counsel’s Enforcement Division and supervised the review of the FEC’s Audit Division.
Professional Memberships
Foreign Agent Registration Act Task Force, American Bar Association.
Board Member, Public Affairs Council.
Executive Committee Member and Counsel, American Council of Young Political Leaders.
Co-chair, PLI Corporate Political Activities conference.
Publications
Stanford Law and Policy Review and the Yale Law & Policy Review (“The Enforcement of Campaign Finance Rules: A System in Search of Reform”).
Co-authored summaries of the STOCK Act for the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation.
Personal
Lawyer’s Committee Member, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Served on the faculty of George Washington University and New York University.
B.S., University of Bridgeport; J.D., Emory University School of Law.
Chambers Review
USA
Kenneth Gross is a highly revered senior counsel and consultant at Akin. He has vast experience advising clients on campaign finance, lobbying and political compliance matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ken has forgotten most of what we will ever learn when it comes to political law."
"He is without a doubt a leader in this field."
"Ken is the best, with tremendous client affinity and responsiveness."
"Ken has forgotten most of what we will ever learn when it comes to political law."
"He is without a doubt a leader in this field."
"Ken is the best, with tremendous client affinity and responsiveness."