1.   Blow, one of the most powerful lobbying firms in Washington, and was involved in a number of business ventures.

2.   The research team has also lobbied firms about updating and adapting their video material for deaf parents.

3.   And while they have apparently used only one outside lobbying firm, GAF has outgunned them with at least six.

4.   First Alert is represented by a Washington lobbying firm and lists its legislative interests as science, technology, health care, taxation and trade.

5.   For two brief weeks this winter, Franks also worked as a policy adviser to a Washington lobbying firm, Wayne Valis Associates.

6.   Harrington and Murphy led a Boston lobbying firm that Goldberg had hired to help with the land-taking issue.

7.   Harrington and Murphy led a Boston lobbying firm that Goldberg had hired to help with the land-taking matter.

8.   He also had a potential conflict of interest stemming from his position as a senior counselor at the Washington lobbying firm Apco Associates.

9.   Other sources said Wood told Taiwan officials they should not hire Cassidy and Associates, a noted Washington lobbying firm, to represent them to the US government.

10.   Richards, a senior adviser at Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, a well-connected Washington lobbying firm, declined an interview request.