Post 200: Top D.C.-Area Businesses

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Chairman, R. Bruce McLean and pro bono partner, Steven H. Schulman.

Chairman, R. Bruce McLean and pro bono partner, Steven H. Schulman. (Photo: Courtesy of company.)

About Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

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

The firm's lawyers work with companies to deal with regulation, international transactions and litigation. Clients last year included Washington Mutual creditors, Lehman Brothers, Sallie Mae, the New York Yankees and a subcontractor suing DynCorp International. Akin Gump is one of the oldest and largest bipartisan lobbying law firms, recently adding officials from the Justice Department, House Energy and Commerce Committee and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

2008 Financial Data

Total employees: 1,766 | Local employees: 595
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