Washington, D.C.
Office Address
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006-1037 US
Our Washington, D.C. office is the firm’s largest with more than 270 lawyers and advisors. Our globally integrated team advises clients spanning a breadth of industries and practices, including advocacy, regulatory, corporate and lobbying and public policy.
In Chambers USA, clients described our D.C. lawyers and advisors as “excellent, given us great advice and have helped guide us through the channels and point us in the right direction. They know who the right people are to contact for various matters. They have an all-around phenomenal government relations team.” Another commenter noted the firm is “the top of everyone’s list for lobbying.”
Our D.C. lawyers and advisors are sought out by clients for their insight and advocacy on cutting-edge legal issues at the intersection of business, government and law. We leverage our deep understanding of economic and political infrastructure, along with firsthand, high-level government experience to help our clients access the global marketplace and compete around the world.
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Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037 US
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037 US
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Known for our creative strategies for winning at trial, our Washington, D.C. litigators possess industry-leading skills in litigating matters involving government regulations, as well as in business-to-business disputes.
We take pride in providing each client with Akin’s trademark commitment, excellence and intensity in and out of the courtroom. Our highly skilled, aggressive litigators routinely handle multifaceted, sophisticated matters, including representing a broad range of industries and Fortune 500 companies in complex commercial business disputes, handling white collar defense and investigations as well as corporate investigations, and representing clients through all phases of formation, administration and litigation of government contracts.
Our international arbitration team in Washington, D.C., working closely with lawyers from our Geneva and London offices, handles complex, high-stakes commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration matters. We routinely advise and represent both host governments and investors in investment protection and structuring, as well as throughout all phases of investment disputes, including award enforcement.
Known for our creative strategies for winning at trial, our Washington, D.C. litigators possess industry-leading skills in litigating matters involving government regulations, as well as in business-to-business disputes.
We take pride in providing each client with Akin’s trademark commitment, excellence and intensity in and out of the courtroom. Our highly skilled, aggressive litigators routinely handle multifaceted, sophisticated matters, including representing a broad range of industries and Fortune 500 companies in complex commercial business disputes, handling white collar defense and investigations as well as corporate investigations, and representing clients through all phases of formation, administration and litigation of government contracts.
Our international arbitration team in Washington, D.C., working closely with lawyers from our Geneva and London offices, handles complex, high-stakes commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration matters. We routinely advise and represent both host governments and investors in investment protection and structuring, as well as throughout all phases of investment disputes, including award enforcement.
Akin has a formidable team and a singular approach to help our clients respond to the challenges they face when confronted with a congressional, executive commission or other special governmental investigation.
Our D.C. congressional investigations team includes the former Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Obama administration, who was responsible for the Department’s handling of congressional oversight and investigations. The group also includes the former Republican Chief Counsel of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, then as General Counsel of the full Committee, who was responsible for overseeing some of the most high-profile, complex congressional investigations of the past decade.
Our congressional investigations team—together with Akin lawyers from a powerful combination of practices, including white collar defense, litigation, lobbying and public policy and others—provides our clients with the qualifications and experience necessary to navigate the congressional investigations process and to avoid the legal, business and political pitfalls with which such proceedings are replete. We have deep and broad experience representing clients from virtually every sector of the economy before a broad range of House and Senate committees.
Akin has a formidable team and a singular approach to help our clients respond to the challenges they face when confronted with a congressional, executive commission or other special governmental investigation.
Our D.C. congressional investigations team includes the former Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Obama administration, who was responsible for the Department’s handling of congressional oversight and investigations. The group also includes the former Republican Chief Counsel of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, then as General Counsel of the full Committee, who was responsible for overseeing some of the most high-profile, complex congressional investigations of the past decade.
Our congressional investigations team—together with Akin lawyers from a powerful combination of practices, including white collar defense, litigation, lobbying and public policy and others—provides our clients with the qualifications and experience necessary to navigate the congressional investigations process and to avoid the legal, business and political pitfalls with which such proceedings are replete. We have deep and broad experience representing clients from virtually every sector of the economy before a broad range of House and Senate committees.
Time and time again, Corporate Board Member has ranked Akin as one of the nation’s Top 20 national corporate law firms. Our D.C. corporate lawyers regularly counsel private equity and hedge funds, public and private companies, sovereign entities and financial advisors on transactional, finance and ongoing business matters. In doing so, we leverage the experience of practitioners across Akin’s full-service platform, including tax, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), labor, environmental, antitrust, energy, regulatory and policy practitioners (when the business concerns of our clients intersect with government regulation).
Our corporate team leads complex and sophisticated transactions, crossing borders and industries—including numerous heavily regulated industries. Our finance and capital markets practitioners assist clients with all aspects of their bank, bond and equity capital needs. We frequently collaborate with our financial restructuring lawyers on chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings, as well as on a variety of distressed transactions.
Time and time again, Corporate Board Member has ranked Akin as one of the nation’s Top 20 national corporate law firms. Our D.C. corporate lawyers regularly counsel private equity and hedge funds, public and private companies, sovereign entities and financial advisors on transactional, finance and ongoing business matters. In doing so, we leverage the experience of practitioners across Akin’s full-service platform, including tax, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), labor, environmental, antitrust, energy, regulatory and policy practitioners (when the business concerns of our clients intersect with government regulation).
Our corporate team leads complex and sophisticated transactions, crossing borders and industries—including numerous heavily regulated industries. Our finance and capital markets practitioners assist clients with all aspects of their bank, bond and equity capital needs. We frequently collaborate with our financial restructuring lawyers on chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings, as well as on a variety of distressed transactions.
Our environment & natural resources practice offers wide-ranging experience for clients facing the burgeoning challenges brought on by new legislation and intensified consideration of environmental issues.
Our services include advising on environmental litigation, carbon offsets, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) remediation and lender liability protection, environmental enforcement, investigations and cleanups, environmental transactions and risk management and environmental rulemaking.
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Our environment & natural resources practice offers wide-ranging experience for clients facing the burgeoning challenges brought on by new legislation and intensified consideration of environmental issues.
Our services include advising on environmental litigation, carbon offsets, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) remediation and lender liability protection, environmental enforcement, investigations and cleanups, environmental transactions and risk management and environmental rulemaking.
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Our financial restructuring practice is widely recognized as a restructuring powerhouse. Companies, ad hoc groups, official and informal creditors’ committees and institutional investors seek our counsel for their most sensitive and complex restructuring, liability management and special situations matters, trusting our international and integrated platform to manage every facet and issue that may arise, no matter how many borders it may cross.
Our D.C. office includes the market’s most esteemed practitioners for out-of-court and in-court restructurings, distressed asset sales and acquisitions, private credit and direct lending transactions, complex commercial litigation and corporate governance matters, who work alongside lawyers with significant experience in regulatory, tax, labor and employment, real estate, intellectual property, environmental and trade law, among other specialties.
Our financial restructuring practice is widely recognized as a restructuring powerhouse. Companies, ad hoc groups, official and informal creditors’ committees and institutional investors seek our counsel for their most sensitive and complex restructuring, liability management and special situations matters, trusting our international and integrated platform to manage every facet and issue that may arise, no matter how many borders it may cross.
Our D.C. office includes the market’s most esteemed practitioners for out-of-court and in-court restructurings, distressed asset sales and acquisitions, private credit and direct lending transactions, complex commercial litigation and corporate governance matters, who work alongside lawyers with significant experience in regulatory, tax, labor and employment, real estate, intellectual property, environmental and trade law, among other specialties.
Our award-winning health care & life sciences practice has industry-leading experience representing hospitals and health care systems on a wide range of matters involving regulatory compliance, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, legislative and policy advocacy, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), fraud and abuse, transactions, financial restructuring, tax and antitrust. Our team has been named Practice Group of the Year by Law360.
Our award-winning health care & life sciences practice has industry-leading experience representing hospitals and health care systems on a wide range of matters involving regulatory compliance, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, legislative and policy advocacy, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), fraud and abuse, transactions, financial restructuring, tax and antitrust. Our team has been named Practice Group of the Year by Law360.
Our D.C. intellectual property lawyers bring a wealth of knowledge of both the law and the technologies that are the foundation of our clients’ core businesses. Many of our lawyers have advanced technical degrees, including in engineering, computer science, biology and chemistry.
Our lawyers have extensive experience in all aspects of intellectual property litigation, including litigating complex patent cases in federal courts and before the International Trade Commission (ITC), as well as litigating trademark, copyright, trade secret and trade dress matters.
Our extensive experience in patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and internet-related litigation extends throughout the broad spectrum of domestic and international proceedings, including ITC section 337 investigations.
Our D.C. intellectual property lawyers bring a wealth of knowledge of both the law and the technologies that are the foundation of our clients’ core businesses. Many of our lawyers have advanced technical degrees, including in engineering, computer science, biology and chemistry.
Our lawyers have extensive experience in all aspects of intellectual property litigation, including litigating complex patent cases in federal courts and before the International Trade Commission (ITC), as well as litigating trademark, copyright, trade secret and trade dress matters.
Our extensive experience in patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and internet-related litigation extends throughout the broad spectrum of domestic and international proceedings, including ITC section 337 investigations.
With more than 40 years of experience representing investment management, private equity and tax clients, Akin has helped some of the industry’s pioneers form funds and deploy capital around the world.
Our D.C. team handles investment fund formations, as well as mergers and acquisitions (M&A), secondary transactions, co-investment opportunities and direct investments in management companies. Our D.C. tax lawyers have served as longtime tax counsel to the region’s leading private equity funds, venture capital funds and hedge funds. We advise on U.S. and international tax and structuring issues relating to fund formation, operations and investments, including U.S. tax issues arising from inbound and outbound investments by funds.
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With more than 40 years of experience representing investment management, private equity and tax clients, Akin has helped some of the industry’s pioneers form funds and deploy capital around the world.
Our D.C. team handles investment fund formations, as well as mergers and acquisitions (M&A), secondary transactions, co-investment opportunities and direct investments in management companies. Our D.C. tax lawyers have served as longtime tax counsel to the region’s leading private equity funds, venture capital funds and hedge funds. We advise on U.S. and international tax and structuring issues relating to fund formation, operations and investments, including U.S. tax issues arising from inbound and outbound investments by funds.
Learn about our investment management, private equity and tax capabilities.
For a third consecutive year, Akin’s international trade group was named Practice Group of the Year by Law360. We guide multinational companies and whole industries through the strategic decisions, regulatory frameworks and disputes that shape how goods, services and technologies move around the world. Our international trade practice is among the largest, most distinguished and geographically diverse in the world.
Our team includes former high-ranking national security and foreign policy officials from the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, State and Treasury, as well as the White House and Congress. With lawyers and advisors located in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, we pride ourselves on bringing international experience and a global perspective to our clients’ matters.
Our lawyers are frequently designated as leaders in the international trade field based on the recommendations of clients, peers in private practice and publications, including Chambers, The Legal 500, BTI’s All-Stars Awards and WorldECR, in addition to Law360.
For a third consecutive year, Akin’s international trade group was named Practice Group of the Year by Law360. We guide multinational companies and whole industries through the strategic decisions, regulatory frameworks and disputes that shape how goods, services and technologies move around the world. Our international trade practice is among the largest, most distinguished and geographically diverse in the world.
Our team includes former high-ranking national security and foreign policy officials from the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, State and Treasury, as well as the White House and Congress. With lawyers and advisors located in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, we pride ourselves on bringing international experience and a global perspective to our clients’ matters.
Our lawyers are frequently designated as leaders in the international trade field based on the recommendations of clients, peers in private practice and publications, including Chambers, The Legal 500, BTI’s All-Stars Awards and WorldECR, in addition to Law360.
Recognized by Law360 as one of the nation’s “top employment law defense practices,” the firm’s labor & employment practice group has been repeatedly recognized as having one of the nation’s premier practices in the field.
Our D.C. lawyers represent Fortune 100 employers in a wide range of their most complex and challenging labor and employment legal problems, including nationwide wage and hour class actions, employee classification, employment discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) matters, among other complex labor matters.
While our lawyers are often involved in trying cases, making new law and handling headline-grabbing matters, our abiding goal is to help each of our clients achieve the best possible outcome, whether by early settlement or through trial and appeal.
Recognized by Law360 as one of the nation’s “top employment law defense practices,” the firm’s labor & employment practice group has been repeatedly recognized as having one of the nation’s premier practices in the field.
Our D.C. lawyers represent Fortune 100 employers in a wide range of their most complex and challenging labor and employment legal problems, including nationwide wage and hour class actions, employee classification, employment discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) matters, among other complex labor matters.
While our lawyers are often involved in trying cases, making new law and handling headline-grabbing matters, our abiding goal is to help each of our clients achieve the best possible outcome, whether by early settlement or through trial and appeal.
Our renowned lobbying & public policy practice integrates a top lobbying practice within a full-service law firm. Akin is consistently ranked as one of the top government relations practices by industry publications. Our bipartisan group comprises more than 75 lawyers and other professionals focused exclusively on representing clients before the federal government on legislative, policy and regulatory matters.
Our team includes former members of Congress and other lawyers and professionals with considerable government service experience, who also engage in political activities for both major U.S. political parties. With this formidable experience, we help clients with advocacy and building relationships with key leaders and staff throughout Congress and the executive branch.
The multidisciplinary practice represents both domestic and international clients on matters pertaining to health, trade, American Indian, tax, cybersecurity, energy, environmental, financial services, communications and transportation policy, among others, and maintains a wealth of substantive relationships both at the federal level and state level. Clients also benefit from our leading congressional investigations and political compliance teams.
Our renowned lobbying & public policy practice integrates a top lobbying practice within a full-service law firm. Akin is consistently ranked as one of the top government relations practices by industry publications. Our bipartisan group comprises more than 75 lawyers and other professionals focused exclusively on representing clients before the federal government on legislative, policy and regulatory matters.
Our team includes former members of Congress and other lawyers and professionals with considerable government service experience, who also engage in political activities for both major U.S. political parties. With this formidable experience, we help clients with advocacy and building relationships with key leaders and staff throughout Congress and the executive branch.
The multidisciplinary practice represents both domestic and international clients on matters pertaining to health, trade, American Indian, tax, cybersecurity, energy, environmental, financial services, communications and transportation policy, among others, and maintains a wealth of substantive relationships both at the federal level and state level. Clients also benefit from our leading congressional investigations and political compliance teams.
The explosive growth of government regulation and oversight over the last decade demands that corporate leaders think expansively and creatively when developing and implementing business strategies. Because government has become a pervasive influence in virtually all private-sector activities, the analytical and planning process must encompass a careful evaluation of how government regulation—local, state, federal or international—can, should and will impact desired objectives.
Our regulatory lawyers and advisors—many of whom served in senior-level positions in presidential administrations or at government agencies—counsel clients on a broad range of issues impacting today’s business environment, including antitrust and unfair competition, communications and information technology, cybersecurity, privacy and data protection, energy, environment, government contracts, health care and transportation.
The explosive growth of government regulation and oversight over the last decade demands that corporate leaders think expansively and creatively when developing and implementing business strategies. Because government has become a pervasive influence in virtually all private-sector activities, the analytical and planning process must encompass a careful evaluation of how government regulation—local, state, federal or international—can, should and will impact desired objectives.
Our regulatory lawyers and advisors—many of whom served in senior-level positions in presidential administrations or at government agencies—counsel clients on a broad range of issues impacting today’s business environment, including antitrust and unfair competition, communications and information technology, cybersecurity, privacy and data protection, energy, environment, government contracts, health care and transportation.
Focusing exclusively on private-sector clients—including corporations, trade associations, hedge funds, private equity firms, political action committees (PACs) and private individuals—our political law & government ethics team assists clients with structuring political activities to stay firmly in line with federal, state and local statutes.
Regardless of political affiliation or the goals of a particular client, our practice focuses on allowing for successful engagement in the political process. We advise on activity related to key laws involving political law and government ethics.
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Focusing exclusively on private-sector clients—including corporations, trade associations, hedge funds, private equity firms, political action committees (PACs) and private individuals—our political law & government ethics team assists clients with structuring political activities to stay firmly in line with federal, state and local statutes.
Regardless of political affiliation or the goals of a particular client, our practice focuses on allowing for successful engagement in the political process. We advise on activity related to key laws involving political law and government ethics.
Learn more about our political law & government ethics capabilities >
Our D.C. lawyers and advisors are recognized as a leading practitioners in reputational recovery. We are skilled in resolving these kinds of problems in several ways. Our services involve working with a recognized international investigative firm to perform an in-depth investigation into the specific allegations that have been levied against the client.
With that information, we obtain retractions, corrections and apologies of the false and defamatory statements from both the source that initially made the allegation, as well as any entity that has caused it to be republished. We also work with experts to optimize the results pages that are returned when a client’s name or other keyword is queried on Google and other internet search engines.
Our D.C. lawyers and advisors are recognized as a leading practitioners in reputational recovery. We are skilled in resolving these kinds of problems in several ways. Our services involve working with a recognized international investigative firm to perform an in-depth investigation into the specific allegations that have been levied against the client.
With that information, we obtain retractions, corrections and apologies of the false and defamatory statements from both the source that initially made the allegation, as well as any entity that has caused it to be republished. We also work with experts to optimize the results pages that are returned when a client’s name or other keyword is queried on Google and other internet search engines.
Appellate advocacy is an art. It demands an effective union of strategic analysis, careful research, creative writing and compelling oratory to influence judicial opinions and achieve the desired result. This blend of diverse skills is the trademark of Akin’s appellate practice and, by extension, our Supreme Court practice. Our appellate lawyers have argued more than 16 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, briefed dozens more and engaged in appeals in the federal courts of appeals, state supreme courts and state courts of appeals.
Appellate advocacy is an art. It demands an effective union of strategic analysis, careful research, creative writing and compelling oratory to influence judicial opinions and achieve the desired result. This blend of diverse skills is the trademark of Akin’s appellate practice and, by extension, our Supreme Court practice. Our appellate lawyers have argued more than 16 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, briefed dozens more and engaged in appeals in the federal courts of appeals, state supreme courts and state courts of appeals.
Our telecom, media & technology (TMT) team provides experienced, effective, results-oriented representation for clients ranging from traditional telecom companies and media-industry standard bearers, to investors and emerging tech companies inventing novel TMT solutions.
Our D.C. TMT team collaborates daily with many Akin practices that are essential for global TMT companies, including intellectual property, international trade, government contracts, lobbying and public policy, antitrust and unfair competition, corporate, financial restructuring, funds, global investigations and compliance, global project finance, privacy and cybersecurity, and international arbitration and dispute resolution.
Our telecom, media & technology (TMT) team provides experienced, effective, results-oriented representation for clients ranging from traditional telecom companies and media-industry standard bearers, to investors and emerging tech companies inventing novel TMT solutions.
Our D.C. TMT team collaborates daily with many Akin practices that are essential for global TMT companies, including intellectual property, international trade, government contracts, lobbying and public policy, antitrust and unfair competition, corporate, financial restructuring, funds, global investigations and compliance, global project finance, privacy and cybersecurity, and international arbitration and dispute resolution.
Akin has a well-recognized tradition of pro bono legal work. Our D.C. office is committed to addressing the legal issues facing the community in which it operates. Our lawyers dedicate their time and resources to various charities and organizations such as Tahirih Justice Center, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, Whitman-Walker and Human Rights First.
Akin has a well-recognized tradition of pro bono legal work. Our D.C. office is committed to addressing the legal issues facing the community in which it operates. Our lawyers dedicate their time and resources to various charities and organizations such as Tahirih Justice Center, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, Whitman-Walker and Human Rights First.