PMA’s End Is Near, but Firm Keeps Suing

Despite the fact that the firm will be closing its doors shortly, the PMA Group has filed several lawsuits against its clients in recent weeks for failure to pay a combined $150,000 in fees the firm believes it is owed, and more suits are apparently in the works.

It is uncommon but not unheard of for lobbying firms to file suit against their clients. Van Scoyoc Associates and Cassidy & Associates, two major appropriations lobbying firms, have apparently never sued a client for failure to pay. Court dockets in the Washington, D.C., area include a handful of breach of contract cases brought by other firms against their clients in the past decade, including Holland & Knight, Alcalde & Fay and Akin Gump.

Read more: (Paul Singer and Tory Newmyer, “PMA’s End Is Near, but Firm Keeps Suing,” Roll Call, 3/23/09)