Scarcnet News Summaries (Advocacy Institute)
Tobacco Supports Top Lobbying Firms In 1998
Date: 24 Aug 1999
Length: pages
Length: pages
Abstract
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, of the top ten lobbying firms, five had tobacco clients in 1998. Verner Liipfert's top three clients were Philip Morris, RJR Nabisco and Brown & Williamson Tobacco. Patton and Bogg's top client was the Smokeless Tobacco Council. Barbour, Griffith & Rogers' had Philip Morris and RJR Nabisco in their top four clients. The number two client of the Washington Counsel was RJ Reynolds Tobacco. Baker, Donelson's top two clients were Philip Morris and RJR Nabisco.
Source: "The Influence Industry," WASHINGTON POST, August 24, 1999, p. A15.