LAW WEEK COLORADO

Public policy law firm Patton Boggs, which has a Denver office, will acquire the Breaux-Lott Leadership Group, another public policy firm. Breaux-Lott is a lobbying boutique that provides what it terms “bipartisan leadership” to solve client problems.

The acquisition brings former Louisiana Democratic Sen. John Breaux and former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss.to the firm’s Washington office as special senior counsel with their sons, John Breaux Jr. and Chester Trent Lott, Jr.; three public policy advisers; and three staff members. This helps complete Patton Boggs’ plan to expand nationwide. The Denver office of the firm has approximately 40 attorneys.

“This acquisition is a strategic coup and a cornerstone for our bipartisan growth,” said Thomas Hale Boggs Jr., chairman of Patton Boggs.

Patton Boggs corrals legislative wor while expanding its footprint in major regulatory areas. Over the past year, the firm has added powerhouses such as former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin; Suedeen Kelly, a former commissioner with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and Dick Thompson, a veteran in the pharmaceutical and food and drug sectors, over the past year.