Williams & Jensen was co-founded in 1970 by J. D. Williams, one of the most respected tax and business lobbyists in Washington, and the late Robert Jensen, known for his antitrust, securities, and litigation experience. In many ways, the firm’s success continues the dual approach set at its beginning: highly effective government relations, grounded in technically proficient law.
Williams & Jensen has since grown to become one of the few leading independent law firms in Washington with a practice focused primarily on lobbying. On a daily basis, we help companies and organizations in the U.S. and around the world influence legislation and public policy process in Washington. The firm’s record of winning in Washington has attracted a clientele of leading companies, trade associations, and institutions, many relying on the firm’s services for more than three decades.
Because no issue exists in a vacuum, Williams & Jensen tackles problems as a multi-specialty team. We efficiently combine our diverse abilities, insights, and relationships built over 30 years to identify opportunities for clients and forestall threats. One Williams & Jensen professional may take the lead, but clients get the benefit of our pooled strengths. Ideas and results — far more than hierarchy or headliners — matter.
Typically, our team identifies and analyzes a client’s issues and develops options for action.
Among the components that may make up the plan are coalition development, comments on legislation, compliance filings, litigation and settlement negotiations, strategic interaction with decision-makers, and (through a wholly owned affiliate) grassroots campaigns. Some plan components can only be provided by a law firm such as ours; all are more effective for the unique way we combine lobbying and legal firepower. Williams & Jensen then goes beyond developing strategies to implementing them and delivering results — that is to say, doing what our clients appreciate most: winning in Washington.
Williams & Jensen is made up of people who combine impressive government experience with rare technical expertise. Many have been with the firm twenty or thirty years. Others represent new voices attracted by the firm’s independence, premier practice, and reputation for results. Almost all have come from high level service with various Administrations, Congressional and Senate leaders, and critical departments and agencies. While many important political ties were forged from our professionals’ earlier government experience, the firm has cultivated and continually strengthened new relationships — across branches of government, parties, and changes in leadership. The people of Williams & Jensen know the decision-makers, understand their political histories and current positions, and are able to work shifting alliances and priorities to benefit client positions.
Equally important is Williams & Jensen’s depth of expertise in a wide range of practice areas. We recognize that legislation and policy decisions on taxation, health care, intellectual property, and other issues can impact an organization’s vitality as profoundly as decisions related to its core activities. Our professionals offer substantive expertise across all these areas. We understand the technical considerations behind the full breadth of laws and regulations affecting clients, and have experience in marrying government policy goals with client needs.
