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ALEC Related Law and Lobbying Firms: This article contains the names of corporate law firms or lobbying groups that are known to be, or have been, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) members or supporters.
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ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our PRWatch.org site.
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Those groups known to be currently involved with ALEC, as of July 2011, appear in bold.
Law and Lobbying Firms
- Adams and Reese LLP (law firm in the southern United States and Washington, D.C.[1]), ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting Louisiana Host Committee member[2]
- Avenson, Oakley & Cope (Iowa lobbying firm[3]), State corporate co-chair of Iowa[2]
- Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP[4]
- Bryan Cave (St. Louis, MO law firm), sponsor of "Missouri Night" at Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans during the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting
- Express Scripts (pharmaceutical retailer), sponsor of "Missouri Night" at Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans during the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[5]
- Capital Connections, LLC (Vermont lobbying firm[6]), State corporate co-chair of Vermont[2]
- The Capitol Group (Louisiana lobbying firm representing other ALEC corporations such as Reed Elsevier's Lexis-Nexis[7]), "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference[8] ($5,000 in 2010)[9]
- Casteel and Roberts (Austin, TX lobbying firm), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force member[10]
- Hamilton Consulting Group (Wisconsin lobbying firm[11]), State corporate co-chair of Wisconsin[2]
- Hein Law Firm (Kansas law and lobbying firm[12]), State corporate co-chair of Kansas, along with Koch Industries Public Sector, LLC[2]
- Jim Dunlap Consultants (Oklahoma lobbying firm[13]
- Jones Walker (law firm in the Gulf South[14]), ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting Louisiana Host Committee member[2]
- Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler LLP (Oregon law and lobbying firm[15]), State corporate co-chair of Oregon[2]
- Messer, Vickers, Caparello, Madsen, Lewis, Goldman & Metz, PA[16]
- Mullikin Law Firm (South Carolina law firm), State corporate co-chair of South Carolina[2]
- Nelson, Mullins, Riley and Scarborough (a nationwide law and lobbying firm[17]), State corporate co-chair of South Carolina[2]
- NH Government Solutions Group, LLC (New Hampshire lobbying firm[18]), State corporate co-chair of New Hampshire[2]
- Nickles Group (Washington, D.C. lobbying firm with clients including Bristol-Myers Squibb, CIGNA Corporation, Comcast, Eli Lilly and Company, Exxon Mobil and Monsanto[19]), State corporate co-chair of Florida[2]
- Preti Flaherty (Northeastern U.S. law and lobbying firm[20]), State corporate co-chair of Maine[2]
- Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister (Louisiana law and lobbying firm[21]
- Serlin Haley, LLP (Boston public law firm), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member[22]
- Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLPMember of ALEC's Civil Justice Task Force[23][24]
- Southern Strategy Group (division of US Strategy Group, network of lobbying firms[25]), "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference[8] ($5,000 in 2010)[9] and member of Louisiana Host Committee[2]
- TE Williams & Associates LLC (Louisiana lobbying firm[26]), ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting Louisiana Host Committee member[2]
- Vogel Law Firm (a North Dakota and Minnesota law and lobbying firm[27]), State corporate co-chair of North Dakota[2]
References
- ↑ Adams and Reese LLP, About Us, firm website, accessed August 10, 2011
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011
- ↑ Avenson, Oakley & Cope, Firm website, accessed August 10, 2011
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force, organization website, accessed April, 2012
- ↑ Jason Hancock, Free-market group draws criticism for potential role in bills, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 5, 2011
- ↑ Capital Connections, LLC, firm website, accessed August 10, 2011
- ↑ The Capitol Group, Capitol Group website, accessed August 8, 2011
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, 2011 Conference Sponsors, conference brochure on file with CMD, August 4, 2011
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, /AM/Template.cfm?Section=Sponsorship_Opportunities Sponsorship Opportunities at ALEC's Annual Meeting, organizational website, 2010, archived on the Wayback Machine, accessed January 24, 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Civil Justice Task Force Meeting Agenda, August 5, 2011, on file with CMD
- ↑ Hamilton Consulting Group, firm website, accessed August 10, 2011
- ↑ Hein Law Firm, firm website, accessed August 10, 2011
- ↑ Jim Dunlap Consultants, firm website, accessed August 10, 2011
- ↑ Jones Walker, About, firm website, accessed August 10, 2011
- ↑ Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler LLP, firm website, accessed August 10, 2011
- ↑ Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research, project of the Environmental Working Group, Information on American Legislative Exchange Council, archived organizational profile, archived by Wayback Machine December 2, 2000, accessed August 19, 2011
- ↑ Nelson, Mullins, Riley and Scarborough, Nelson Mullins, firm website, accessed August 10, 2011
- ↑ NH Government Solutions Group, LLC, Helping Navigate The Waters of NH State Government, firm website, accessed August 10, 2011
- ↑ Nickles Group, What We Do, firm website, accessed August 10, 2011
- ↑ Preti Flaherty, About Us: Overview, firm website, accessed April, 2012
- ↑ Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister, firm website, accessed August 10, 2011
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "Energy, Environment, and Agriculture 2011 Annual Meeting Task Force Meeting," speaker biographies and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Civil Justice Task Force, organization website, accessed April, 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Director - Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, June 30, 2011, p. 31, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012
- ↑ US Strategy Group, Southern Strategy Group: About Us, network website, accessed August 8, 2011
- ↑ TE Williams & Associates, About Us, firm website, accessed August 10, 2011
- ↑ Vogel Law Firm, About Us, firm website, accessed August 10, 2011
