PRACTICE

Political Law & Litigation

Overview

Pierson Ferdinand’s Political Law Team provides strategic guidance to a diverse clientele that includes corporations, political action committees (PACs), elected officials, candidates, political parties, and lobbyists. We offer insights into federal and state laws governing government contracting and ethics, lobbying, campaign finance, and elections. 

  • Trial-Tested Litigation Prowess

    Our Litigation team excels in discerning the critical aspects of a case and collaborates closely with our clients to ensure that litigation is managed in a manner that advances their ultimate objectives.  We work diligently to resolve immediate issues and help our clients avoid similar challenges in the future, while at the same time striving to provide value-add to our clients in an effective representation.

  • Bench Strength and Industry Experienced

    PierFerd Litigation partners provide clients across various industries globally with comprehensive commercial litigation and dispute resolution services. From coast to coast, in state and federal courts, our experience spans from appellate to high-stakes commercial and corporate fraud litigation, to IP and Insurance related disputes, with the ability to scale up for our clients as and when necessary. 

  • Client-Focused Approach to Disputes

    We view our seasoned litigators as an extension of our clients' in-house legal teams, working collaboratively to achieve optimal outcomes through strategic partnership, early intervention, and a comprehensive approach to dispute resolution.

  • Team-Orientated, Comprehensive Strategies

    We seamlessly collaborate with other PierFerd practice groups to leverage and bring to bear the appropriate industry experience wherever necessary, ensuring litigation strategies are comprehensively addressed, including matters related to banking and financial services, cyber-risk, healthcare, insurance, intellectual property, employment and labor, real estate, among others.

Capabilities

Beyond compliance counseling, our Team is well-versed in defending clients in contentious cases and enforcement actions before entities like the State Ethics Commission, Board of Elections, and the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Additionally, our group engages in litigation related to political law matters. The laws that form the foundation of our practice include the Ethics in Government Act, the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) as amended by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), and the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) as amended by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (HLOGA).

Our diverse clientele encompasses ballot measure committees, campaign committees, candidates, elected officials, chambers of commerce, contributors, corporations, independent committees, issue advocacy groups, political action committees, political consultants, fundraisers, political parties, tax-exempt and non-profit organizations (501(c) and 527 organizations), and trade associations.

We offer a wide array of services in various areas of practice, including:  campaign finance compliance and litigation, corporate compliance, election law compliance and litigation, freedom of information, government ethics, House and Senate ethics rules, legislation, political activities by non-profit corporations, and voting rights under the Voting Rights Act.