Sandler, Reiff, Young & Lamb partner Joseph Sandler was quoted today in a Washington Post article regarding loopholes in lobbyist registration. The article discusses how Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich worked for many years after leaving Congress as a de facto lobbyist, yet never met the requirements that would have forced him register as one. Mr. Sandler, who last year co-chaired an American Bar Association task force on lobbying reforms, is quoted in the article as saying “It is very easy to escape the need to register. There are thousands of people in Washington who lobby without being lobbyists.”

Sandler, Reiff, Young, & Lamb associate Liz Howard was recently profiled by the College of William and Mary Law School.  As a law student at the College, Howard co-founded the Election Law Society, which according to the profile, led her to take classes on campus in Williamsburg, Virginia and in Washington, D.C.  According to the profile, being in Washington let her interact with election law experts and practitioners. Said Howard, “The opportunity to learn from practitioners in DC was truly phenomenal. In essence, real-time learning using real-life scenarios.”

You can read the entire profile here: http://law.wm.edu/academics/intellectuallife/researchcenters/electionlaw/alumprofiles/index.php

Sandler, Reiff, Young & Lamb partners Joseph Sandler, Neil Reiff, and Jim Lamb were all recognized as three of Washington’s top lawyers by Washingtonian Magazine. They were recognized for their outstanding work in the field of election law in the magazine’s December 2011 feature on Washington’s Best Lawyers. As Washingtonian Magazine put it, “Candidates, political parties, and corporations call these campaigns-and-elections lawyers for guidance on campaign finance, ethics laws, and other rules of the political game.” This recognition is only the latest is a long string of honors and accomplishments for Sandler, Reiff, Lamb and the entire team at Sandler, Reiff, Young, & Lamb.

Update January 19, 2012: Washingtonian’s Top Lawyers listing is now online. Follow this link to see Mr. Sandler, Reiff, and Lamb’s  recognition.