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  • FTP Named A Top Lobbying Firm by Bloomberg Government

    FTP Named A Top Lobbying Firm by Bloomberg Government

    Forbes Tate Partners (FTP) was recently named a top-performing lobbying firm in Washington, D.C. by Bloomberg Government for 2019 – marking the fourth year in a row that FTP has achieved this distinction. The list reviewed lobbying activity over the past year by more than 2,000 lobbying firms.  “Our success stems directly from our deep team of…

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  • POLITICO Influence: Former PhRMA lobbyist lands at Forbes Tate

    POLITICO Influence: Former PhRMA lobbyist lands at Forbes Tate

    Read the full article by POLITICO Influence here. PHRMA LOBBYIST HEADS FORBES TATE: Scott Olsen, a top lobbyist for the pharmaceutical industry, is heading to Forbes Tate Partners. Olsen is currently Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America‘s senior vice president of federal advocacy, but isn’t expected to lobby in his new role. He’ll be a partner at Forbes…

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  • RELEASE: Health Care Industry Specialist Barrett Thornhill Joins Forbes Tate Partners

    RELEASE: Health Care Industry Specialist Barrett Thornhill Joins Forbes Tate Partners

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 3, 2020 CONTACTConnor McKaycmckay@forbes-tate.com202-638-0125 HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY SPECIALIST BARRETT THORNHILL JOINS FORBES TATE PARTNERS FTP Continues Growth with Addition of Leading Health Care Strategist, Crapo and Toomey Veteran  WASHINGTON – Forbes Tate Partners (FTP) today announced the addition of Barrett Thornhill to its bipartisan public affairs and lobbying firm. Thornhill joins FTP in the midst of…

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  • RELEASE: Legal Cannabis Strategist Andrew Freedman Joins Forbes Tate Partners

    RELEASE: Legal Cannabis Strategist Andrew Freedman Joins Forbes Tate Partners

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 27, 2020 CONTACTJeanne Moranjmoran@forbes-tate.com202-638-0125 LEGAL CANNABIS STRATEGIST ANDREW FREEDMAN JOINS FORBES TATE PARTNERSFTP Expands Cannabis Practice with Addition of Nation’s First Cannabis Czar WASHINGTON – Forbes Tate Partners (FTP) today announced the addition of Andrew Freedman to its growing bipartisan public affairs and lobbying firm. Freedman joins the firm’s public affairs team as they formalize and…

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  • FTP needs your help urgently to help our community this Holiday – Part I

    FTP needs your help urgently to help our community this Holiday – Part I

    This blog post is very late this year, because I’ve never quite been able to close it. Emotions kind of get the better of me, but Liz added some urgency today, eight days before Christmas. We need your help to make sure kids in DC have a better Christmas than they would otherwise. One of…

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  • Bloomberg Government: Lobbying Business Booms Despite Gridlock and Investigations

    Bloomberg Government: Lobbying Business Booms Despite Gridlock and Investigations

    Lobbying Business Booms Despite Gridlock and InvestigationsBloomberg Government | By Megan R. Wilson | October 22, 2019  Lobbying revenue continued to increase throughout 2019, despite turbulence surrounding the Trump administration and partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill. The third quarter of 2019 was lucrative for many K Street firms, with 20 reporting an uptick in revenue,…

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  • What Happened in Houston: Takeaways from the Third Democratic Debate

    What Happened in Houston: Takeaways from the Third Democratic Debate

    Last night, Democrats held their third round of presidential primary debates at Texas Southern University. Thanks to more stringent qualification requirements, for the first time, debates were limited to one night and all of the top contenders were face to face. As a result, candidates had more time and space to delve into the issues,…

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  • A Closer Look: Legalized Hemp Production in the States

    A Closer Look: Legalized Hemp Production in the States

    Out of all the complex policy discussions in Washington, D.C., the future of legalized cannabis has come to the forefront. Debate swirls around how states can legally stand up medical or recreational markets while the federal government still holds back from legalizing cannabis. The implications of these state experiments pose more questions than answers for…

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  • Giving Back

    Giving Back

    Last January, one of our founding partners came across a story in a local paper: An elementary-school toy drive in the District’s fifth ward had left teachers and local leaders scrambling for presents after an outside fundraiser failed to deliver. Last year, when teachers showed up to collect the gifts, they found most of the…

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