Foley Hoag’s Government Strategies practice is active in all aspects of policymaking at the federal level. Our lawyers collaborate with our clients and the public sector to achieve mutually beneficial solutions to public policy issues. We pride ourselves on our ability to secure our clients’ strategic goals by combining a deep, substantive knowledge of issues critical to our clients’ businesses and industries with a mastery of federal legislative and regulatory processes.

We represent clients with respect to all aspects of the federal government, including drafting and analyzing legislative proposals; developing and coordinating legislative strategy and advocacy before Members of Congress and their staff; preparing witnesses for hearings and representing clients in Congressional investigations; organizing and coordinating advocacy coalitions; and monitoring legislative activities, including hearings and committee markups, to advise clients regarding the current status of legislation and anticipated legislative developments.

We also help clients negotiate with regulatory agencies regarding complex rulemakings, adjudications, and enforcement actions. We work with Fortune 100 and startup clients alike to fully assess the impact of rulemakings, meet with career officials and political appointees to develop agency policy, and execute legal and political strategies to refine or affect the implementation of recently enacted legislation.

Our Government Strategies lawyers help clients secure their objectives and overcome legal, policy, and political challenges by:

  • Providing strategic management of complex legislative and regulatory issues;
  • Enhancing understanding of agency decision-making, authority, and recent statutory changes;
  • Building lasting relationships with key decision-makers;
  • Anticipating future legislative and regulatory policy challenges
  • Building coalitions to advocate on behalf of shared interests; and
  • Providing counsel through crisis management and congressional investigations.

The core strength of Foley Hoag’s Government Strategies practice is the unsurpassed experience of our lawyers, most of whom have extensive government experience. Foley Hoag’s lawyers have worked in senior-level positions in the White House, on Capitol Hill, in regulatory agencies, and in industry trade associations. Our trademark is a unique combination of broad-based legislative and regulatory experience with significant substantive knowledge, particularly in the areas of: