States and municipal governments have vital interests in how the federal government makes and applies its policies. Every federal decision has the potential to impact, either directly or indirectly, how a local government enforces its laws, allocates its resources, or treats its citizens. Thus, virtually all states and municipalities have an interest in influencing events in Washington, DC, in a way that will protect and promote local interests. 

Patton Boggs has a long and successful history representing the interests of state and municipal governments. The firm acts on behalf of numerous state and municipal entities—including nearly half the nation’s 15 largest cities—as well as a number of small towns. On the budget side, we help these clients secure hundreds of millions of dollars each year for state and local projects in areas ranging from transportation to education to health care. We have successfully designed and implemented strategies to keep controversial programs funded, increased funding for client priority programs, and initiated funding for programs not requested in the Administration budget. At the regulatory level, our professionals represent clients seeking to make important policy changes through the legislative process—changes that can dramatically affect a state or municipality’s ability to serve its citizens.

Our attorneys have built solid, bipartisan relationships with the key House and Senate committees and federal agencies that are most closely involved with issues affecting state and municipal governments. Many of our professionals have either served in Congress or worked in senior staff positions in Congress, at the White House, in the Executive Branch agencies, or at the national committees of the two major political parties.