Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is a corporate law law firm with offices in Albuquerque, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orange County, Phoenix, Reno, Sacramento, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Sante Fe and Washington D.C. There are 250 attorneys and policy consultants on staff and main areas of practice are corporate and business, government relations and public policy, litigation, natural resources and real estate.[1]
The firm is also a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), with members on its Energy, Environment and Agricultural Task Force.
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Martin Shultz, Senior Policy Director of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, is a Co-Chair of ALEC's Energy, Environment and Agricultural Task Force as of 2011.
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Clients
- Wynn Resorts
- Unisource Energy Corporation[2]
Lobbying and Political Contributions
In 2010, Open Secrets shows that the firm's PAC raised $329,335 and spent $157,239 on federal House and Senate politicians. Individual donors, mostly employees, gave $160,879 to the PAC.
You can see a full list of PACs that the firm gave to in 2010-2011 HERE.
Lobbying
In 2010, Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber and Schreck was paid $24,475,000 for lobbying expenditures.[3]
Its biggest clients are: Abbot Laboratories, Apollo Management, Bion Environmental Technologies, Cadiz Inc., Caesar's Entertainment Operating Co., Coalition to Reform the FIRPTA of 1980, Cobalt International Energy, Global Crossing Development Corp., National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. and Open Range Communications.[4]
You can see an entire list of the companies the firm lobbies for HERE and a list of bills lobbied for HERE.
In The News
- Brownstein’s Washington, DC lobbying practice was ranked #5 on Roll Call’s list of the top lobbying firms in Washington for 2009 based on revenue. The firm has risen in the rankings from #18 in 2006 to #5 in 2009.[5]
Leadership
2011[6]
Executive Committee
- Blane R. Prescott - CEO
- Bruce A. James - Managing Partner and Shareholder
- Michael A. Pahl - CFO
- Dean A. Nakayama - COO
- Adam J. Agron - Shareholder
- Norman Brownstein - Chairman of the Board and Founding Partner
- Steven W. Farber - President and Founding Partner
- Robert J. Saperstein - Managing Shareholder of California offices
- Ellen Schulhofer - Managing Shareholder of Las Vegas office
- Steven C. Demby - Shareholder
- Lynda A. McNeive - Shareholder
- Blane R. Prescott - CEO (ex officio member)
- Dean A. Nakayama - CEO (ex officio member)
- Lisa M. Simon - CEO (ex officio member)
Department Chairs
- Corporate and Business: Kevin A. Cudney and Adam J. Agron
- Government Relations: Alfred E. Mottur and Michael F. Feeley
- Litigation: John V. McDermott and Peter J. Korneffel, Jr.
- Natural Resources: Stephanie Osler Hastings and Mark J. Mathews
- Real Estate: Robert Kaufmann and Ana Lazo Tenzer
Contact
Main Office:
410 Seventeenth Street
Suite 2200
Denver, CO 80202-4432
303.223.1100
Bruce A. James
Managing Partner & CEO
303.223.1167
bjames@bhfs.com
Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber and Schreck Website
Articles and resources
Related SourceWatch articles
References
- ↑ Always There Section,"BHFS.com"
- ↑ Senate.Gov
- ↑ Lobbying for Brownstein, Hyatt et al, "Open Secrets.org"
- ↑ Brownstein, Hyatt et al, "Open Secrets.org"
- ↑ BHFS,"Wikipedia"
- ↑ Fact Sheet,"BHFS.com"
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