Overview
Locke Lord has an outstanding reputation for responsive and customized service to our clients around the country and around the world. Our quality work, backed by a century of client-focused service, has made us one of the nation’s top law firms and a political lobbying powerhouse. Our longstanding tradition of delivering the highest quality work has been a major factor in catapulting our Washington, D.C. lobbying arm of Public Law, Locke Lord Strategies®, to the top tier of government affairs shops in our nation’s capital. We have earned our reputation and now we want to put it to use for you.
Things happen fast in the world and even faster in Washington, D.C. In this new high paced reality, where so much rests on decisions made by government, today's business environment, individuals, companies and organizations must understand, navigate and shape public policy.
Locke Lord Strategies® will advance your interests, prevent problems before they develop and provide you the information you need to take timely action. In other words, we are your eyes, ears and legs with both the Congress and the Executive Branch.
We have a proven record of guiding clients through the government maze to achieve their objectives by providing a full array of legislative, regulatory and legal services. Our attorneys and non-attorney professionals form a unique and diverse public law team with extensive political contacts at every level of government and the knowledge of how public processes work.
Locke Lord Strategies® is a government affairs team of proactive and bipartisan problem solvers. Each member of our team has extensive political and public policy experience, and our unique relationships provide clients with unparalleled access at the highest level of the U.S. Congress and the Executive Branch, including federal departments and regulatory agencies. Our professionals are recognized for their strategic and direct counsel, distinctive style, proactive determination, discretion, and most importantly, the ability to get the job done. Issue areas of expertise include health care, financial services, international relations, energy, agriculture, education and appropriations.
Our team is composed of seasoned and experienced practitioners who understand intimately how the legislative process works. They have significant and meaningful relationships with key Members and staff in the U.S. Congress as well as with decision-makers in the Executive Branch. Our primary goal is to protect and enhance our clients’ interests, while helping to shape and determine federal public policy.
To complement our legislative effort, Locke Lord Strategies® has a highly regarded public affairs arm that drafts congressional testimony for clients, drafts and places op-eds and writes speeches. Our staff members have 30 years of experience in speechwriting for U.S. Presidents, Prime Ministers and Presidents abroad, and corporate executives. We can do for you what we have done for them.
Locke Lord Strategies® includes our Pakistan Project Development Practice, a team of U.S. and Pakistani-trained lawyers and governmental strategists who are well-versed in Pakistani law and connected to key governmental officials here and abroad. This team works on international project development and investment and counsels Pakistani leaders.
Our Washington strategy encompasses the following examples:
- Understanding the evolving needs and interests of Members, Committees and their staffs
- Helping to craft a clear and effective message for all constituencies and stakeholders
- Developing a program of activities for clients to interact effectively with elected officials and their staffs
- Educating Members and their staffs about the needs of our clients
- Researching, advising and assisting clients to determine how best to proactively shape legislative proposals that could impact their businesses today and tomorrow
- Providing time-sensitive legislative and regulatory information
The federal government’s influence and impact are pervasive. By helping our clients manage their day-to-day government affairs agenda, we add value to their business interests and to their plans for future growth.
The worst thing that you can encounter in achieving your objectives is surprise. We commit to ensuring that you are never blind-sided, that you have the best and most updated information and the talent at your disposal in our shop to implement your decisions in Washington. This is your business and it’s our reputation.