Boutique Lobbyists Lure Big Payout

Revenue Per Employee Varies Widely on K Street

• By Bennett Roth and Alex Knott
• Roll Call Staff
• Jan. 27, 2010, Midnight

At Capitol Tax Partners, a boutique lobbying firm that, as its name suggests, specializes in arcane budgetary issues, it took seven lobbyists to bring in $11.9 million in lobbying revenue last year. Across town at powerhouse firm Patton Boggs, the shop that grossed the most lobbying revenue last year, it took 137 registered lobbyists to pull down $40.7 million.