Methodology: The Influence 50 takes a comprehensive measurement of all fees related to lobbying. It includes revenues reported to Congress under the Lobbying Disclosure Act and to the U.S. Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and it also asks firms to provide information about state and local lobbying done from Washington-area offices. Finally, it asks firms to report other related work, such as representation of clients before federal agencies or grassroots organizing.
| Rank | Firm Name | 2010 Gross | 2009 Gross | Gain/Loss | Total Lobbyists | Firm Type |
| 1 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | $98,300,000 | $96,700,000 | 0.017 | 40 | Law |
| 2 | Patton Boggs | $88,500,000 | $78,100,000 | 0.133 | 121 | Law |
| 3 | Hogan Lovells | $79,100,000 | $75,600,000 | 0.046 | 31 | Law |
| 4 | Covington & Burling | $69,200,000 | $64,700,000 | 0.07 | 36 | Law |
| 5 | Holland & Knight | $61,900,000 | $54,200,000 | 0.142 | 48 | Law |
| 6 | K&L Gates | $61,800,000 | $58,900,000 | 0.049 | 48 | Law |
| 7 | DLA Piper | $42,300,000 | $43,400,000 | -0.025 | 27 | Law |
| 8 | Podesta Group | $35,900,000 | $30,600,000 | 0.173 | 33 | Nonlaw |
| 9 | SNR Denton* | $35,000,000 | $30,800,000 | 0.136 | 20 | Law |
| 10 | Van Scoyoc Associates | $29,400,000 | $28,300,000 | 0.039 | 46 | Nonlaw |
| 11 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | $25,700,000 | $24,400,000 | 0.053 | 29 | Law |
| 12 | Dutko Worldwide | $23,900,000 | $28,300,000 | -0.155 | 54 | Nonlaw |
| 13 | McKenna Long & Aldridge | $23,000,000 | $22,800,000 | 0.009 | 31 | Law |
| 14 | Cassidy & Associates | $22,600,000 | $23,300,000 | -0.03 | 39 | Nonlaw |
| 15 | BGR Group | $22,300,000 | $24,300,000 | -0.082 | 15 | Nonlaw |
| 16 | McDermott Will & Emery | $21,800,000 | N/A | N/A | 14 | Law |
| 17 | McGuireWoods** | $19,900,000 | $14,800,000 | 0.345 | 37 | Law |
| 18 | Sidley Austin | $19,100,000 | $19,100,000 | 0 | 32 | Law |
| 19 | Ogilvy Government Relations | $17,600,000 | $21,800,000 | -0.193 | 16 | Nonlaw |
| 20 | Williams & Jensen | $17,400,000 | $17,200,000 | 0.012 | 29 | Law |
| 21 | Venable | $17,300,000 | $17,200,000 | 0.006 | 17 | Law |
| 22 | Dickstein Shapiro | $16,500,000 | $16,200,000 | 0.019 | 25 | Law |
* Firm was formerly known as Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal.
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