Post 200: Top D.C.-Area Businesses

Patton Boggs LLP

Patton Boggs partners work with Congress and regulatory agencies in Washington, D.C.

Patton Boggs partners work with Congress and regulatory agencies in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Courtesy of company.)

About Patton Boggs LLP

2550 M St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20037
www.pattonboggs.com | 202-457-6000 | Founded: 1962

Industry: Lobby Firm | Category: Law Firms and Lobbyists

Patton Boggs is the capital's largest lobbying law firm. Home to more than 600 attorneys and professionals in eight offices, it has a thriving intellectual-property practice in addition to its traditional core departments of lobbying and litigation. In the past year, it continued to increase its presence in the Middle East, opening an office in Dubai (with one partner and one associate) and announcing that an office would open in Abu Dhabi next year.

2007 Financial Data

Total employees: 1,075 | Local employees: 615

Did You Know

BY THE NUMBERS: Founding partner Tom Boggs was around when disclosures of lobbying were first required, in the late 1960s. He says he was the 68th person ever to register as a lobbyist.

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