Every filing period on record, as reported. One column per filed period — a period with no column is a period with no filing, not a zero.
Basis · Amendments and terminations supersede the original report for the same registrant, client and period, so a revised quarter is counted once at its latest filed value. Registration-only filings carry no activity money and are excluded from these totals.
Who they lobby for
This registrant files only on its own behalf — it has never reported a fee for representing anyone else.
Reported as lobbying expenses
Money reported as spent on lobbying rather than as a fee charged to a client.
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Trade (domestic/foreign)
TRD · 1 client
67 filings
$92.2M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC · 1 client
67 filings
$92.2M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Who does the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this registrant's filings.
Melissa Cortese FoxmanCovered position: Deputy to the Chief of Staff, Senate Republican Conference; Professional Staff, Joint Economic Committee44 filings1 client · through 2026
Erik Vincent Huey37 filings1 client · through 2018
John Martin MiceliCovered position: Rep. David P. Joyce (OH) - Legislative Director; Rep. Steve La Tourette (OH) -- Staff Assistant, Systems Administrator, Legislative Assistant, Director of New Media27 filings1 client · through 2026
Adriana Barajas26 filings1 client · through 2026
Kevin O'Hanlon
The filings
The 20 most recent of 67 filings. Every figure above is built from these records.
This record groups every filed spelling of the registrant's name into one entity, so punctuation variants of the same firm read as one. The grouping is the registrant's normalized name — firms that file under genuinely different names appear separately. Handle: entertainment-software-association.
Reading this · An LD-2 reports either a fee the registrant charged or expenses it spent, never both on one filing, so the two lists above are different quantities and are ranked separately rather than against each other. The expenses basis is what an organization lobbying on its own behalf files — usually for itself, sometimes for an affiliate under a different name — so a name on the second list is the client the filing names, not necessarily a claim that the registrant lobbied for someone else's account. Across every relationship on file — not just those shown — this registrant reported $0 in fees and $92.2M in expenses.
CPT · 1 client
64 filings
$87.9M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP · 1 client
63 filings
$88.1M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI · 1 client
43 filings
$61.8M on those filings
Immigration
IMM · 1 client
37 filings
$49.3M on those filings
Constitution
CON · 1 client
37 filings
$49.3M on those filings
Education
EDU · 1 client
27 filings
$36.7M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX · 1 client
25 filings
$36.3M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG · 1 client
14 filings
$16.8M on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI · 1 client
9 filings
$9.7M on those filings
Sports/Athletics
SPO · 1 client
7 filings
$10.1M on those filings
Note · A filing names one to several issue areas and reports a single dollar figure for the period, so the same money appears beside every issue that filing declares. The dollar column is therefore money on filings that named this issue — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.
Covered position: Sr. Adviser for Congressman Heath Shuler Deputy COS for Congresswoman Betty Sutton
21 filings1 client · through 2019
Ann Elizabeth ChavezCovered position: Legislative Counsel to Sen. Jeff Bingaman19 filings1 client · through 2024
Michael Warnecke19 filings1 client · through 2014
Gina Grandinetti Woodworth14 filings1 client · through 2012
Michael P O'LearyCovered position: Deputy Chief, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, Department of Justice13 filings1 client · through 2022
Ali AmirhooshmandCovered position: Policy Advisor to House Majority Whip Blunt13 filings1 client · through 2015
Nika Pari NourCovered position: New Media Specialist, House Energy & Commerce Committee; Deputy Director of Coalitions & Outreach, Office of the House Minority Whip12 filings1 client · through 2018
Sarah Evers Hudgins10 filings1 client · through 2011
Joseph MontanoCovered position: Field Representative, Rep. John Delaney5 filings1 client · through 2026
Jason MahlerCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Anna Eshoo4 filings1 client · through 2026
Stevan Mitchell4 filings1 client · through 2009
Maria Luisa Simpson4 filings1 client · through 2009
Jason Knapp3 filings1 client · through 2009
Edward M Desmond1 filing1 client · through 2008
Covered positions · 10 of 21 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. A covered official position is the LD-2 field a lobbyist uses to report having held one; the text is reproduced exactly as filed.
