Lobbying Disclosure, Lobby Registration and Reporting

At Ward & Lawless, our partners have extensive experience with federal, state and local lobby registration and reporting.

Lobby Registration and Reporting:

  • Prepare and maintain individual and/or company registrations, amendments, and terminations when you need them done within the period prescribed by law.
  • Track lobbyist ethics training requirements.
  • Create jurisdiction-specific questionnaires for your registered and/or responsible individuals in order to draft the required reports and create a due diligence record. These can be for your own use, or we can set up a system whereby we query and follow-up directly.
  • Draft the required reports based on questionnaire responses or review filings you draft. We can also provide jurisdiction-specific filing instructions, such as online access or address and phone number and whether a due date refers to a postmark or “received by” deadline.
  • Arrange for and forward any applicable filing fees on your behalf.
  • Establish and monitor corporate and/or individual gift tracking and review programs.
  • Provide back-up files of documents required for your record retention purposes.
  • Provide filing calendars and send reminders for the jurisdictions in which you and/or your lobbyists are required to file.