Legislative & Public Policy - China Business Team

Alston & Bird is uniquely positioned to advise clients in a bipartisan, bicameral manner on public policy matters. We have a full-service team comprised of former Members of Congress, Administration officials, Chiefs of Staff and top policy advisers. We are able to offer our clients decades of experience in the intricacies of how Washington makes policy and deliver our clients the highest level of service and results.

Experience

Former Representative Earl Pomeroy has decades of experience and records of leadership on a full range of domestic and foreign policy issues. Congressman Pomeroy served as a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee and its Trade Subcommittee.

Joining Rep. Pomeroy are numerous other former senior officials from every administration since Ronald Reagan was inaugurated in January 1981, with service in the White House; both houses of Congress; the Departments of Health and Human Services, Justice, State, Treasury, Agriculture, and of Transporation; and a panoply of regulatory agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Trade Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Patent and Trademark Office, and the Environmental Protection Agency, among others.

Alston & Bird’s Legislative & Public Policy attorneys provide a full range of services to help our clients participate in and shape public policy debates before, rather than after, decisions are made; we also provide guidance in how to respond to decisions once they are made. We are among the most visible and respected voices in political Washington on global business strategies, privacy and data security, tax policy and regulation, and telecommunications. We represent clients before Congress, the executive branch and regulatory agencies in Washington, as well as throughout the country at the state and local level. We are frequently consulted by Congress on legislative matters, testify on a wide range of issues and prepare our clients when they are called upon to testify. We work directly with members and staff on Capitol Hill and with senior officials in federal agencies to help craft legislative and regulatory language that harmonizes the needs of our clients with the other relevant stakeholders.

Accolades

In 2011, Chambers USA ranked us as on one of the top-tier lobbying firms in the country.
National Public Radio ranked us “one of the top lobbying firms in D.C.” in April 2010.
Roll Call ranked us on of the “top 20 lobbying firms in the country” in January 2010.
National Law Journal ranked us “one of the top lobbying firms in the country” in 2009.
We are regularly ranked among the top 10 lobbying law firms by the Center for Responsible Politics.