Today, from Law.com:
"With the Democratic National Convention set to debut tonight before a national television audience, firms are flocking to Denver to market themselves and their practice groups.
"We're just cranking here right now, literally hopping from event to event," says Scott Martinez, an associate at Denver-based Holland & Hart and a former interim executive director of the Colorado Democratic Party.
Martinez has just left an event attended by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) on renewable energy. "It was packed, wall-to-wall," the second-year associate says. "But it was a great place to get to know people on a social level. Five minutes from now, I'm headed to another meeting with some wind energy executives and most of the western [state] governors."
Firms like Holland & Hart use politically connected employees like Martinez--who is working in tandem with Holland & Hart government and regulatory investment partner Michael Carrigan--to press the flesh and solicit business.
"We want to make sure our firm has a strong presence at the convention and we're pretty much blocked from 7:30 in the morning to 1:30 in the morning," Martinez says. "People are pretty excited about showcasing our city, and our job here at the firm is to let others know that our footprint looks just like the Rocky Mountains and the Sierras."
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