Law Firm Donations to Republicans Who Objected to the Electoral College Count
Following the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill, many Republican members of Congress still proceeded with objecting to the 2020 electoral college count.
The actions taken by these members of Congress clearly threatened the United States’ sacred tradition of a peaceful transfer of power. In response, many companies have agreed to cease future political donations to these politicians.
According to OpenSecrets.org, Lawyers and Law Firms donated $7,807,867 to these Republicans objectors in 2020, equating to the ninth largest industry donor.
When lawyers are sworn in to practice law, they take an oath to uphold the prestige of the profession, and to do so through their practice and their actions. The objectors to the 2020 election are public officials who attempted to undermine the democratic process with no legal basis to do so, and while some citizens may agree with their decisions, attorneys and law firms have an obligation not to support those who do not support the law. Below is a compiled list of law firms that are PACs (Political Action Committees) and have previously donated to these members of Congress.
These firms, and specifically the attorneys within them, must reconsider their political donations and ensure that the candidates they support, regardless of political party, will all uphold the rule of law.
The following law firms made donations to members of Congress during the 2019-2020 election cycle who objected to the 2020 electoral college count, according to FEC documents:
| wdt_ID | Law Firm | Total Donated to Objectors |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maynard Cooper & Gale | $84,500 |
| 2 | Holland & Knight | $79,750 |
| 3 | K&L Gates | $70,000 |
| 4 | Nelson Mullins et al | $64,000 |
| 5 | Squire Patton Boggs | $63,300 |
| 6 | Akin Gump et al | $59,600 |
| 7 | Adams & Reese | $52,500 |
| 8 | Brownstein Hyatt et al | $49,750 |
| 9 | Kelley Drye & Warren | $45,000 |
| 10 | Balch & Bingham | $42,800 |
| 11 | DLA Piper | $41,750 |
| 12 | McGuireWoods LLP | $41,000 |
| 13 | Jones Walker LLP | $39,750 |
| 14 | Cozen O'Connor | $34,500 |
| 15 | Covington & Burling | $32,500 |
| 16 | Locke Lord LLP | $32,000 |
| 17 | Polsinelli PC | $30,500 |
| 18 | Husch Blackwell LLP | $29,175 |
| 19 | Baker & Hostetler | $28,893 |
| 20 | Blank Rome LLP | $28,000 |
| 21 | Baker Donelson et al | $27,000 |
| 22 | Dykema Gossett | $25,000 |
| 23 | Steptoe & Johnson | $22,500 |
| 24 | Alston & Bird | $22,000 |
| 25 | Barnes & Thornburg | $22,000 |
| 26 | Duane Morris LLP | $21,500 |
| 27 | Greenberg Traurig LLP | $20,500 |
| 28 | Bradley Arant et al | $20,300 |
| 29 | Butler Snow LLP | $20,000 |
| 30 | Ice Miller LLP | $20,000 |
| 31 | Hall Render et al | $19,000 |
| 32 | Thompson Coburn LLP | $19,000 |
| 33 | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer | $18,528 |
| 34 | Bracewell LLP | $18,000 |
| 35 | Venable LLP | $16,000 |
| 36 | Faegre Drinker et al | $13,500 |
| 37 | Kilpatrick Townsend | $12,400 |
| 38 | Crowell & Moring | $11,500 |
| 39 | King & Spalding | $11,500 |
| 40 | Troutman Pepper | $10,500 |
| 41 | Ward & Smith | $10,000 |
| 42 | Bryan Cave et al | $9,000 |
| 43 | GrayRobinson PA | $9,000 |
| 44 | Winston & Strawn | $7,500 |
| 45 | Arent Fox LLP | $7,250 |
| 46 | Clark Hill PLC | $7,000 |
| 47 | Pillsbury Winthrop et al | $7,000 |
| 48 | Sandler Travis & Rosenberg | $7,000 |
| 49 | Williams & Jensen, PLLC | $6,000 |
| 50 | Holland & Hart | $5,500 |
| 51 | Nossaman LLP | $5,500 |
| 52 | Foley & Lardner | $5,000 |
| 53 | Hogan Lovells | $5,000 |
| 54 | Michael Best & Friedrich | $4,500 |
| 55 | Paul Hastings LLP | $4,000 |
| 56 | Bose McKinney & Evans LLP | $3,500 |
| 57 | Kutak Rock LLP | $3,500 |
| 58 | Van Ness Feldman | $3,500 |
| 59 | Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP | $2,871 |
| 60 | Akerman LLP | $2,500 |
| 61 | Brunini Law Firm | $2,500 |
| 62 | Gibbons PC | $2,500 |
| 63 | Olsson Frank et al | $2,500 |
| 64 | Calfee Halter & Griswold | $2,250 |
| 65 | McGlinchey Stafford PLLC | $2,000 |
| 66 | Miller & Chevalier | $2,000 |
| 67 | Vorys Sater et al | $2,000 |
| 68 | Vinson & Elkins | $1,500 |
| 69 | Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney | $1,100 |
| 70 | Baker Botts LLP | $1,000 |
| 71 | Hooper Lundy & Bookman | $1,000 |
| 72 | Lathrop & Gage | $1,000 |
| 73 | Manatt Phelps & Phillips | $1,000 |
| 74 | Ballard Spahr LLP | $500 |
| 75 | Butzel Long PC | $500 |
| 76 | Dentons Cohen & Grigsby | $500 |
| 77 | Dorsey & Whitney | $500 |
| 78 | McDermott Will & Emery | $500 |
| 79 | Miller Canfield et al | $500 |
| 80 | Winthrop & Weinstine | $250 |
| 81 | Total | $1,460,717 |
How the data was calculated:
To obtain the data displayed on this page we took the following steps: (1) downloaded the raw data of campaign contributions from 2019-2020 cycle from the FEC website; (2) matched the committee ID (the law firm’s number) to the all the objectors’ candidate IDs to see the total amount donated to each politician; (3) added all the donations made from a particular firm to a member of Congress that objected to the results of the electoral college.
Senators Who Objected
Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Cynthia Lummis, John Kennedy, Roger Marshall, Rick Scott, Tommy Tuberville
House Members Who Objected
Robert Aderholt, Rick Allen, Jodey Arrington, Brian Babin, Jim Baird, Jim Banks, Cliff Bentz, Jack Bergman, Stephanie Bice, Andy Biggs, Dan Bishop, Lauren Boebert, Mike Bost, Mo Brooks, Ted Budd, Tim Burchett, Michael Burgess, Ken Calvert, Kat Cammack, Jerry Carl, Buddy Carter, John Carter, Madison Cawthorn, Steve Chabot, Ben Cline, Michael Cloud, Andrew Clyde, Tom Cole, Rick Crawford, Warren Davidson, Scott DesJarlais, Mario Diaz-Balart, Byron Donalds, Jeff Duncan, Neal Dunn, Ron Estes, Pat Fallon, Michelle Fischbach, Scott Fitzgerald, Chuck Fleischmann, Virginia Foxx, Scott Franklin, Russ Fulcher, Matt Gaetz, Mike Garcia, Bob Gibbs, Carlos Gimenez, Louie Gohmert, Bob Good, Lance Gooden, Paul Gosar, Garret Graves, Sam Graves, Mark Green, Marjorie Greene, Morgan Griffith, Michael Guest, Jim Hagedorn, Andy Harris, Diana Harshbarger, Vicky Hartzler, Kevin Hern, Yvette Herrell, Jody Hice, Clay Higgins, Richard Hudson, Darrell Issa, Ronny Jackson, Chris Jacobs, Mike Johnson, Bill Johnson, Jim Jordan, John Joyce, Fred Keller, Trent Kelly, Mike Kelly, David Kustoff, Doug LaMalfa, Doug Lamborn, Jacob LaTurner, Debbie Lesko, Billy Long, Barry Loudermilk, Frank Lucas, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Nicole Malliotakis, Tracey Mann, Brian Mast, Kevin McCarthy, Lisa McClain, Daniel Meuser, Mary Miller, Carol Miller, Alex Mooney, Barry Moore, Markwayne Mullin, Gregory Murphy, Troy Nehls, Ralph Norman, Devin Nunes, Jay Obernolte, Burgess Owens, Steven Palazzo, Gary Palmer, Greg Pence, Scott Perry, August Pfluger, Bill Posey, Guy Reschenthaler, Tom Rice, Mike Rogers, Hal Rogers, John Rose, Matt Rosendale, David Rouzer, John Rutherford, Steve Scalise, David Schweikert, Pete Sessions, Jason Smith, Adrian Smith, Lloyd Smucker, Elise Stefanik, Greg Steube, Chris Stewart, Glenn Thompson, Tom Tiffany, William Timmons, Jefferson Van Drew, Beth Van Duyne, Tim Walberg, Jackie Walorski, Randy Weber, Daniel Webster, Roger Williams, Joe Wilson, Rob Wittman, Ron Wright, Lee Zeldin
To view the individual contributions click here: Law Firm Donations to Republicans Who Objected to the Electoral College Count
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