By
Kate Ackley
| May 7, 2012, Midnight
DLA Piper hosted an elegant two-course breakfast briefing at the Willard InterContinental last week. The audience was a collection of clients, Hill aides, lawyers, diplomats and reporters. The fare was unabashedly political. And that was the point.
By
Kate Ackley
| April 2, 2012, Midnight
Look who’s coming to the Hill: beer distributors, medical professionals in white coats, restaurant owners, music makers and court reporters. This month’s recess marks a short respite right in the middle of Capitol Hill’s fly-in season, when just about everybody is a lobbyist.
By
Kate Ackley
| March 6, 2012, Midnight
About two dozen K Streeters — some of them longtime lobbyists, others newbies looking to meet Hill aides on the younger side — revealed some of their favorite gathering spots to see and be seen by the bold-faced names on Capitol Hill.
By
Kate Ackley
| Feb. 13, 2012, Midnight
A number of former Members engage in behind-the-scenes influencing, represent clients who are trying to sway government action, and even work in lobbying practices but still are not — or at least claim they shouldn’t be — registered federal lobbyists. Who do these unlobbyists think they're fooling?
By
Kate Ackley
| July 5, 2011, Midnight
You shouldn't be reading this — at least not in your office. The day after the Fourth of July should be the start of one of the sacrosanct recess weeks.
By
Kate Ackley
| March 27, 2011, 3 p.m.
Between breakfast and dinner fundraisers, client conference calls and Hill meetings, most lobbyists say some days it can be impossible to squeeze in any personal time. But lobbyists such as Sara van Geertruyden have negotiated deals, or even started their own ventures, to find more time to spend with their kids while staying on a high-level career track.
By
Kate Ackley
| March 6, 2011, 4:10 p.m.
They call him Dr. Watters, even though he’s not a doctor.
