Polsinelli Shughart PC established the Washington, D.C. office in 2005 as part of the Firm’s overall plan to develop a strong public policy practice. Washington veteran James H. Davidson merged his firm, Davidson & Company, with Polsinelli Shughart to continue the office's growth to meet client needs. William D. Blakely, formerly of DLA Piper, joined the firm and brought new law practice strengths in litigation.
The Washington team assists clients in meeting their legal challenges in areas, including:
- Administrative law/regulatory reform
- Advertising law and policy
- Appropriations
- Budget policy
- Business litigation
- Commercial speech
- Congressional process and procedure
- Construction litigation
- Energy
- Federal taxation
- First Amendment
- Freedom of Information Act
- Government investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Health care
- Health care – long-term care and senior housing
- Health care information technology
- Intellectual property
- Internet
- Media and communications
- Medicare
- Nonprofit organizations
- Privacy law
- Product liability
- Public policy
- State taxation
- Telecommunications
- Transportation
The public policy attorneys at Polsinelli Shughart have more than three decades of experience in client representation and have achieved successful legislative outcomes for companies and business associations throughout the nation.
We assist our clients in businesses, industry coalitions, business and professional trade associations and nonprofit organizations with the reach, strategic voice, and the untiring perseverance needed to achieve successful outcomes in Washington, D.C.
The public policy practice boasts several talented leaders:
- Former Congressman Martin Frost
- Former Congressman Kenny Hulshof
- Jim Davidson, former Chief Counsel and Staff Director for the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure, and Chief Counsel of the Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations
- Anita Estell, a pioneer in the Washington, D.C. public policy community as the first African American woman to become a principal at a major independent lobbying firm in 1993
- Teresa Brooks, one of Washington's best-known and experienced health care lawyers
Congressman Frost and Jim Davidson have been included in The Best Lawyers in America® for government relations in Washington, D.C.
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