Brian Svoboda
- Washington, D.C.
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Brian's work entails recognizing, understanding, and serving clients' strategic and reputational interests, especially when the political stakes are high.
Brian G. Svoboda is an authority on the laws regulating political activity. A partner in the Political Law practice, Brian helps clients to organize and achieve their political objectives, and defends them when their activities have drawn unwanted controversy.
Campaign Finance Laws and Regulations
In the general counseling he provides to companies, trade associations, political parties, candidates, nonprofit organizations and individuals, Brian advises on all aspects of ethics and campaign finance laws. He helps clients to navigate the increasingly complex rules that govern the political process: federal lobbying disclosure laws; Internal Revenue Service rules on political activity; regulatory and judicial responses to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC; and the tangle of federal, state, and local laws that political activity often triggers.
Areas of focus
Education & Credentials
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Law & Politics, 1992 - 1993, 1993
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, B.A., Political Science and Russian, Phi Beta Kappa, 1989
Bar and Court Admissions
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District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Related Employment
- U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey, Washington, D.C., Legislative Assistant, 1993-1997
- Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Washington D.C., Deputy Advisor to the Chairman for Strategy and Policy, 1995-1997
Additional Languages
- Russian
- German
Professional Recognition
Ranked in Chambers USA "America’s Leading Lawyers" for Political Law, 2024
Named by Washingtonian Magazine as a "Top Lawyer" for campaign and election law
Impact
Professional Leadership
- The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Director, Law & Public Policy Program, 2021-Present
- Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, Nonprofit Advocacy Clinic, Adjunct Professor
