Public Policy & Government Relations Services

Organizations facing legislative, regulatory, and political challenges need trusted advisors who understand how government decisions affect business outcomes. Foley’s Public Policy & Government Relations team helps companies, trade associations, nonprofits, and executives navigate federal, state, and local government processes through strategic advocacy, government affairs, congressional investigations, political law compliance, and public policy engagement. 

 Our team provides focused discipline and strategic counsel to protect the needs and interests of our clients in the public arena. 

Why Clients Choose Foley’s Government Relations Team

• Bipartisan Political Veterans: Members in Washington, D.C., as well as in state capitals throughout the country, including former state elected officials, senior-level political appointees, and senior capital hill aids.  
• Congressional Investigators: Former congressional investigators, senior Capitol Hill staffers, and former prosecutors who guide clients through high-stakes congressional oversight, hearings, and parallel investigations. 
• First-Hand Experience: Direct insight into and established relationships within the White House, U.S. Congress, executive branch departments, and regulatory agencies. 
• Local & State Access: Access to the eyes and ears of state and local government, knowing how to generate their interest and navigate regional policy environments. 

Experienced Advocates with Bipartisan Government Experience 

We are known for devising and advocating practical and politically viable solutions to complex issues — often in a highly charged political and regulatory environments. We advise clients across a broad range of industries, including energy, health care, life sciences, technology, manufacturing, financial services, transportation, infrastructure, and defense.  

On certain matters, our political strategy calls for a limited and carefully calculated approach; on other matters, we establish broad-based coalitions or mobilize grassroots campaigns.  

With an in-depth understanding of the statutory and regulatory framework in which issues arise, coupled with strong relationships with policy-makers, key decision-makers and opinion leaders, we are positioned as the ideal vanguard for clients’ government relations initiatives.  

Whether clients need legislation passed or stopped, administrative rules written or amended, trade and market access issues monitored, government funding or contracts secured, or representation in congressional inquiries and oversight investigations, our team provides strategic counsel tailored to the unique challenges facing highly regulated and policy-driven industries. Our front-line position helps clients manage risk, seize opportunity, and achieve their business, regulatory, and public policy goals. 

Government Relations, Lobbying & Public Policy Services

Our practice serves as a comprehensive suite of political, legislative, and investigative capabilities. Explore our core service areas below: 

• Federal Government Affairs and Lobbying: Advocacy covering the full spectrum of federal public policy, leveraging deep relationships across the House, Senate, and Administration to advance legislative and political priorities. 
• Congressional Investigations: Strategic legal and political counsel helping companies, boards, and executives anticipate, respond to, and manage high-stakes congressional inquiries, oversight letters, subpoenas, and hearings. 
• State Government Affairs and Lobbying: Coordinated multi-state public affairs representation with public policy practices positioned across major regional markets. 
• Political Law: Advisement on the legal framework governing political activities and participation. 
• Campaign Finance for Corporations, Nonprofits, and Donors: Guidance on campaign contributions, candidate support, and leveraging corporate resources or political action committees. 
• Election Law: Strategic counsel addressing the complex statutory rules governing elections and political processes. 
• Ethics and Compliance: Tailored oversight frameworks to ensure adherence to government and corporate standards. 
• Strategic Communication for Public Policy Actions: Brand building, crisis management, coalition establishment, and grassroots mobilization to support public policy goals.