QuickLinks: Governmental Relations Legal Services ------------------------------------------------------------ State Legislative Advice and Representation Congressional Advice and Representation Compliance with State and Federal      Campaign Finance Laws Compliance with State and Federal      Lobbyist Regulations Federal Regulatory Agency Representation State Regulatory Agency Representation Related Practice Areas ------------------------------------------------------------ Business and Corporate Climate Change Employer Services Energy Real Estate & Land Use State Tax Telecommunications Government Relations Lawyers [Alphabetical]------------------------------------------------------------Daniel M. AdamsonRobert H. AlsdorfGregory A. ChaimovFrancie CushmanEric L. DahlinJohn DiLorenzoGarry G. FujitaCraig GannettThomas E. JeffryNicholas A. KamparsGregory J. KoptaHarry J. KorrellWeldon H. LathamGary LockeRandall B. LoweKelly A. LuzaniaPeter J. MucklestoneJames K. NeillMichele RadosevichJames M. SmithAaron K. StuckeyJames P. WalshScott E. Warnick  Government Relations Lawyers [by Office]Los Angeles------------------------------------------------------------Thomas E. Jeffry Portland------------------------------------------------------------Gregory A. ChaimovFrancie CushmanEric L. DahlinJohn DiLorenzoNicholas A. KamparsKelly A. LuzaniaJames K. NeillAaron K. StuckeyScott E. Warnick San Francisco------------------------------------------------------------James P. Walsh Seattle------------------------------------------------------------Robert H. AlsdorfGarry G. FujitaCraig GannettGregory J. KoptaHarry J. KorrellGary LockePeter J. MucklestoneMichele Radosevich Washington, D.C.------------------------------------------------------------Daniel M. AdamsonWeldon H. LathamRandall B. LoweJames M. Smith   Governmental Relations Search:

Government—federal, state and local—has a profound impact on how we do business. In the cause of protecting the public, Congress and state legislatures often consider bills that have far-ranging and unintended consequences for business. And once legislation is passed, the agencies can promulgate regulations that compound these consequences.

Davis Wright Tremaine can help your business monitor legislative and regulatory developments and, more importantly, design and implement successful strategies to deal with them.

Our Governmental Relations Practice Group pulls together attorneys in Washington D.C., Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Anchorage with strong backgrounds in politics and government and substantive expertise in areas like taxes, energy, telecommunications, media, and banking. The attorneys in this practice group have held executive level and key staff positions in both state and federal government agencies, state legislatures, and Congress. We can analyze how a proposed bill or regulation will impact your business and contact the key policymakers on your behalf. As appropriate, we can draft alternatives, prepare testimony, arrange meetings with staff and decision-makers, and advise you on everything from coalition-building to independent expenditures on behalf of candidates and ballot measures.

State Legislative Advice and Representation:
Our state legislative services are designed to meet our clients’ specific objectives, everything from monitoring, to drafting, to testimony and contacts with key legislators and staff. Our attorneys have in-depth experience in Olympia and Salem.

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Congressional Advice and Representation:
Our congressional services involve a partnership between our attorneys in Washington, D.C. and the attorneys in our regional offices who have strong ties with their own state and regional delegations. Our attorneys have worked as staff to numerous Congressional committees and have been on the policy staffs of many current and former Senators and Congressional representatives. Because of our strategic locations, we are especially experienced in lobbying issues of regional importance to the Northwest like energy and technology.

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Compliance with State and Federal Campaign Finance Laws:
Political activity can be the best defense against unwelcome legislation, but many companies fear involvement because of the ever-increasing regulation of campaign contributions. We can help you accomplish your objectives, while complying with all applicable regulations.

Compliance with State and Federal Lobbyist Regulations:
Even if you don’t have a lobbyist, the activities of your company executives can subject you to registration requirements. We can analyze whether your company’s contacts with legislators and agency employees require lobbyist registration and help you stay abreast of spending restrictions and reporting requirements.

Federal Regulatory Agency Representation:
Our lawyers have a wealth of experience in appearing before federal regulatory agencies such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Federal Communications Commission. We routinely monitor and participate in rulemaking and policy development proceedings on behalf of our clients, obtain unique regulatory relief for our clients, and carefully and thoroughly explain each step of a particular agency’s deliberative process to our clients. Our relationships with agency staff members developed over many years assist us in obtaining access to high level decision-makers and expeditiously prosecute the interests of our clients.

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State Regulatory Agency Representation:
Our lawyers appear regularly before state agencies throughout the West, most frequently in Washington and Oregon. We have expertise in such diverse areas as taxation, utility regulation, insurance, and health care and we can reach decision makers at the highest level.

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