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WARD & SMITH LAW FIRM — Lobbying — Receipts Report

LD-2 disclosure · 1st Quarter - Report

WARD & SMITH LAW FIRM

via MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC

1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · 2009Posted Apr 17, 2009Filing document ↗LDA record ↗

Coverage · No income or expenses were reported on this filing.

Client

Name: WARD & SMITH LAW FIRM
Description: Law Firm
Location: Texas · United States of America

Registrant

Firm: MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC
Description: lobbying
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Lobbying activities

1 issue

Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent reform.
LobbyistsBRETT THOMPSON · MAX SANDLIN · MICHAEL MCSHERRY
Covered position (BRETT THOMPSON): LD, Sen. Talent
Covered position (MICHAEL MCSHERRY): U.S. Dept of Labor; HUD
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Source

Source · Senate Office of Public Records — Lobbying Disclosure Act filings ↗.

Coverage gaps · LD-2 reports a single dollar figure per quarter on ONE basis — income (a fee) or expenses (self-filed spend), never both — so this page never combines them into one "spend" number.