Lobbying compensation: Rubin Turnbull enters Top 5 with $2.7M Q2
Bill Rubin and Heather Turnbull.

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HCA Healthcare was the firm's most lucrative contract.

The team at Rubin, Turnbull & Associates entered the Top 5 in Q2 lobbying earnings with another $2.5-million-plus performance.

The firm led by Bill Rubin and Heather Turnbull filed reports showing it earned at least $1 million lobbying the Legislature and another $1 million lobbying the executive branch. That is the top bracket for firm-level ranges, meaning Rubin Turnbull & Associates likely earned more.

Florida Politics ranks lobbying firm earnings based on the middle number of the per-client ranges listed on compensation reports. Contracts are reported in $10,000 increments. Compensation reports also include firm-level ranges, which can give outsiders a rough idea of a firm’s minimum and maximum earnings.

Rubin Turnbull’s median estimate in the Legislature was $1.32 million last quarter while the firm’s executive branch report showed an estimated $1.38 million in pay, for an overall total of $2.7 million.

In addition to the named partners, the firm’s second-quarter team included Melissa AkesonJacqueline CarmonaErica ChantiKevin ComererJodi Bock DavidsonChristopher FinkbeinerZachary HubbardMatthew Sacco and Sharonda Wright-Placide. They represented 107 legislative clients and 101 executive branch clients during the three months ending June 30.

HCA Healthcare was the most lucrative contract, paying $142,000 overall — $71,000 for legislative lobbying and the same amount for executive lobbying. Still, HCA ceded the top spot on the executive branch report to Binance.US, a major cryptocurrency trading platform that paid $90,000 for executive branch lobbying work.

Other major clients in the Legislature included BusPatrol, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, Nomi Health and The Richman Group of Florida, at $35,000 apiece.

Based on per-client ranges, Rubin Turnbull & Associates could have earned as much as $3.57 million in Q2. Rubin Turnbull’s median earnings estimate of $2.7 million keeps pace with 2023, when the firm posted reports at or near the $3 million mark throughout the year.

Drew Wilson

Drew Wilson is Vice President of Florida Politics, where he helps lead a talented team that produces must-read newsletters including Sunburn, Takeaways from Tallahassee, and Diagnosis. A University of Florida alumnus, he began his career at The Independent Florida Alligator — the nation’s largest student-run newspaper and a training ground for many of Florida’s top political reporters. He later served as a business correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter, then returned to Tallahassee to cover the state economy and Legislature for LobbyTools and The Florida Current, before segueing to Florida Politics, where he’s been for more than a decade. He spends too much time workshopping zingers for Capitol Directions — and not enough time outdoors.



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