Ball Janik LLP’s Government Affairs practice relies on 15 exceptional lobbyists, attorneys and staff based primarily in Washington, D.C. Our professionals specialize in assisting clients on a wide variety of federal matters involving transportation, natural resources, energy, environmental, taxation, trade, defense, and federal appropriations. We represent numerous business clients, state agencies, counties, cities, and trade associations throughout the country. For more than two decades, we have developed special expertise serving municipal governments of varying populations, forms of governance and geographic diversity. 

Since its inception in 1988, Ball Janik LLP's federal lobbying practice has become one of the most influential in the Western states and is rapidly growing into a national practice. We attribute our success to attracting experienced, capable attorneys and lobbyists with demonstrated expertise relating to federal issues, good management and an effective system for monitoring and controlling client costs. Our bipartisan team combines demonstrated legislative and administrative accomplishments with many years of experience in federal representation and administrative law. We have helped our clients secure millions of dollars in federal funding for specific projects and programs, and helped to secure favorable federal policies that advance our clients objectives and interests. 

Ball Janik LLP's administrative law practice concentrates primarily on the areas of transportation, natural resources, and international trade. The transportation practice involves representing numerous transportation interests before the Surface Transportation Board and the U.S. Department of Transportation. Clients include Class I railroads, regional railroads, short line railroads, rail suppliers, investment companies, and intermodal transportation companies. The natural resources practice focuses on the conservation of fishery resources, the use of renewable resources and the timber industry. We represent clients before the Environmental Protection Agency and the Departments of Interior, Commerce, Agriculture, and State, as well as various international organizations. The international trade practice focuses on the representation of corporate interests before the International Trade Commission, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture, and trade-regulating agencies of foreign governments.

Ball Janik LLP's lobbyists and administrative law professionals are experienced in building coalitions and organizing grass roots lobbying campaigns, and we work regularly with trade associations and public interest groups. Examples of coalitions that the firm represents include the Coastal Conservation Association, the American Forest Resource Council, and the Shipbuilders Council of America.

The Government Affairs practice focuses its efforts on the processes of Congress and the executive agencies, specializing in federal government representation. Whether representing clients before the legislative or executive branches of the Federal government, Ball Janik LLP professionals know whom to contact, when to contact them, and how contacts can be made most effectively. We communicate regularly with members of the Congressional delegations with whom we work and their staffs, as well as with our clients, and have earned an excellent reputation for effective representation. We ensure that our clients understand (and are comfortable with) all of the nuances of the legislative and administrative processes and that our strategies are jointly developed to maximize success.

Ball Janik LLP proactively solves problems for its clients. Our bipartisan approach, helps us achieve client goals while respecting the political diversity of each Congressional delegations. We believe that it is better to establish close working relationships with the members of many Congressional delegations and their staffs, than to focus only on the political party in power. However, we recognize that the relationships our lobbyists have fostered with members of Congress, Congressional staff and federal agencies are sometimes built upon party traditions. Our professionals know how to utilize these relationships to maximize success for our clients and how to tailor issues that incorporate differences in philosophy, ideology and party loyalty. We understand that our ability to establish alliances and work effectively with politically diverse interests is critical to the success we achieve for our clients.

Our expertise, skills and acumen in federal representation can help you achieve your goals. Let us prove it by contacting any one of us for more information.