Drew Wilson
Akerman LLP’s second quarter finance report shows the seven-member firm brought in $170,000 between April 1 and June 30, a period which included the second half of the 2017 Legislative Session and the special session that followed.
Lobbyists who are registered to represent clients before Florida’s legislative or executive branches are required to submit reports detailing their client roster and compensation each quarter. Reports for the second quarter were due to the state on Aug. 14.
Lobbyists report ranges of compensation from their principals instead of exact numbers.
According to Akerman’s second quarter report, the average of the range for each of its clients adds up to $170,000. The maximum the firm could have brought in for the quarter is $270,000.
The averages show the firm picked up $90,000 of that sum through legislative lobbying, with $80,000 coming in through executive branch lobbying. The max shows $150,000 made lobbying lawmakers and $120,000 to push policy with the governor and Cabinet.
Members of team Akerman include Steven A. Grigas, Russell B. Hale, Richard Pinsky and Carrie Ann Wozniak who lobby in the legislature and the executive, while Silvia M. Alderman and Jason S. Lichtstein are exclusively executive lobbyists and Christopher Hagan only handles legislative branch duties.
Among the firm’s top legislative clients are Renovate America, Rybovich Boat Company and Trident USA Healthcare, each of which paid the firm up to $20,000 for the quarter.
The next tier is stocked with municipal clients, including the City of Lake Worth, Miami-Dade County, Port of Palm Beach and the Village of El Portal, which paid up to $10,000 for legislative lobbying efforts.
Executive clients paid a little more for the Tallahassee firm’s services.
The Water Cooperative of Central Florida came in between $20,000 and $30,000, while the Pediatric Health Care Alliance and the Rybovich Boat Company were invoiced between $10,000 and $20,000 for the quarter.
