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Article: A New Lobbying Beachhead
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- April 13, 2006
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Though many lobby shops have found a successful niche as a
subsidiary or a practice within a law firm, it's not uncommon for
lobbyists to chafe under law firm culture.
Law firms generally bill by the hour and often throw young, lesser-
paid associates at the work. Lobbyists advertise that their senior
people roll up their sleeves for the client. Their work is not time-
intensive, and they don't like to bill by the hour. So sometimes the
lobbyists go back out on their own.
Recently, six members of the legislative group at the law firm
Fleischman and Walsh broke away after seven years to form their own
lobby shop, the Normandy Group.
The leader of the group is Louis Dupart, who had established ...