Practice disciplines

Fourteen disciplines,one bench.

The disciplines below are not silos. They are the parts of a single chambers, drawn together for the instruction at hand.

Litigation & Disputes

Trial-tested instructions in the disputes that determine commercial position.

Criminal Defence

Trial advocacy in federal and state criminal matters and parallel enforcement.

Financial Crime, AML & Sanctions

Programme design and defence at the regulatory frontier of financial-services.

Corporate & Commercial

Considered counsel for the transactions that determine enterprise position.

Regulatory Practice

Considered engagement with the U.S. federal and state regulators who shape industries.

Legislative & Policy Practice

Bipartisan representation before Congress, federal agencies, and state legislatures.

Tax & Financial Architecture

Tax counsel from transaction structure through controversy.

Cyber & Information Law

Information-law work before, during, and after the incident.

Employment & Workforce

Workforce counsel for institutions and senior practitioners.

Real Estate & Property

Property counsel for owners, developers, financiers, and institutional investors.

Private Client & Family

Discreet counsel for the personal-life questions that travel alongside every other matter.

International & Treaty Practice

Counsel for sovereign-related and multinational clients in international matters.

Mobility & Immigration

Cross-border mobility counsel for institutions, families, and senior professionals.

Recovery & Restitution

Recovery counsel for institutional and individual claimants.

Legislative practice

Lobbying & policy services.

Beyond the chambers’ legal disciplines, our Legislative Practice delivers bipartisan representation before Congress, federal agencies, and state legislatures. The work is registered, disciplined, and integrated with our regulatory practice where co-ordinated representation is required.

Federal Legislative Representation

Direct engagement with Congress and committees of jurisdiction.

State & Multi-State Legislative Work

Registered representation across state legislatures and executive branches.

Executive Branch & Agency Engagement

Rulemaking, ex parte engagement, and agency-leadership representation.

04 / Coalitions

Coalition Design

Substantive coalitions assembled around shared policy positions.

05 / Grassroots

Grassroots & Grasstops

Constituent and validator engagement that supplements direct advocacy.

06 / Compliance

Political Law Compliance

LDA, FARA, campaign-finance, and government-ethics advice.

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Important distinction

Legal practice and lobbying are distinct disciplines.

Lobbying services provided by Marshall & Benson are not the practice of law, and communications made in connection with lobbying activity are generally not protected by the solicitor–client or attorney–client privilege. Clients instructing the chambers on both legal and Legislative work receive co-ordinated counsel under clear engagement structures that reflect the distinction.