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The new Virginia governor’s Cabinet picks were highly strategic, bipartisan, and nearly opaque. Whom does he rely on for real advice? Here’s a rundown of his closest associates. Dorothy McAuliffe: She’ll now split her time between Richmond and the couple’s McLean home. But those close to them say she’ll still be a full partner. Bill…Read More…
The job market on K Street looks a lot like the rest of the country’s employment situation. It’s tough. That is, unless you were chief of staff to the incoming Senate Finance chairman — in which case, who wouldn’t want to hire you? Josh Kardon, who logged 17 years with Sen. Ron Wyden, the Oregon…Read More…
Capitol Counsel, the youngest and fastest-growing firm among the city’s most profitable lobby shops, got its start at a late November meeting at Fogo de Chao. It was 2006, and the firm’s founder, veteran Democratic tax lobbyist John Raffaelli, had asked four of his friends in politics and policy — whom he’d spoken to individually…Read More…
MOLLET JOINS CAPITOL COUNSEL: Lobbying firm Capitol Counsel has hired Brad Mollet as a principal. Mollet comes to the firm from his own shop, the Fleet Street Group. At Fleet Street, he focused on appropriations, agriculture, energy, and tax issues. He’s also a a Capitol Hill veteran, having worked for Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), Rep….Read More…
Capitol Counsel has hired veteran lobbyist and fundraising guru Jeff Walter to become a partner in its Washington office, the firm announced on Tuesday. Walter will leave the firm he founded in 2001, the Walter Group, and said he “jumped at the chance” to work at one of the top 20 highest grossing government relations…Read More…