Legislate, Don't Litigate
Litigation is what happens when advocacy fails upstream. Our lobbying practice moves the argument to the executive and legislative branches — where the statutes and regulations that shape an industry are actually written.
The Case for Writing — or Rewriting — the Law or the Rules
When a statute or regulation threatens your operation, the courtroom is only one forum. The better forum is often the legislature, the agency, or the city council — where the rule itself can be changed.
Write the law — or change it — before you have to fight it.
It is faster, easier, and more beneficial to shape the statute or regulation upstream than to litigate it downstream. We help clients do exactly that.
Stay alert. Assert need early.
Any business should be alert to legislative activity that affects it, and proactive in asserting new legislative needs when the time is right.
Work across every level of government.
We engage agencies and officials in the executive and legislative branches — federal, state, and local — to make concrete changes to laws and regulations.
Correct a problem or create an opportunity.
Lobbying is not only defensive. It is a tool to remove a barrier, open a market, or put a new industry on solid legal footing.
Educate in the public interest.
Effective advocacy is active presentation and education to officials, advanced in the best interest of the people they serve — including the proponent organization.
Advocacy That Starts Before the Rulebook is Closed
For clients operating in cannabis, environmental, land use, and media-speech markets, the difference between a workable regime and an impossible one is often a single paragraph of statutory text. We help write that paragraph — and then educate the lawmakers and regulators who will interpret it.
Legislative Drafting
We draft the statutory language itself — the section, the definitions, and the compliance framework — so the final rule reflects how the industry actually operates.
Executive Branch Education
Agencies write the regulations that carry the statute. We prepare briefings, technical memoranda, and stakeholder testimony that give rulemakers the operational context they need.
Coalition & Stakeholder Strategy
Sustained legislative wins require durable coalitions. We assemble industry, civic, and expert voices so the record is broader than a single client's interest.
Hearing & Testimony Preparation
Committee hearings decide legislative outcomes in minutes. We prepare witnesses, written testimony, and the follow-up record that survives after the vote.