Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Chairman, R. Bruce McLean and pro bono partner, Steven H. Schulman. (Photo: Courtesy of company.)
About Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Robert S. Strauss Building, 1333 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20036
www.akingump.com
| 202-887-4000
| Founded: 1945
Industry: Lobby Firm | Category: Law Firms and Lobbyists
Akin Gump is one of Washington's oldest and largest bipartisan lobbying law firms. In the past year, its business of advising clients faced with congressional investigations, sensitive corporate transactions and tax controversies grew substantially. It also added to its roster of lawyers tax experts Robert J. Leonard and Jayne T. Fitzgerald, and trade specialists Greg J. Mastel and Hal S. Shapiro. The firm opened its second office in Asia, in Beijing.
2007 Financial Data
Total employees: 2,070 | Local employees: 686Did You Know
ACROSS THE AISLE: The firm is home to former chairmen of the Republican and Democratic National Committees — Democrat Robert S. Strauss and Republican Kenneth B. Mehlman.
