Counsel where the law, the agencies, and the Congress meet.
Judicial Advocates Law Group represents individuals, companies, and institutions in federal investigations, regulatory enforcement, congressional inquiries, and procurement disputes — and advocates for them before the committees and agencies that decide the outcome.
Three practices that share one file
Most clients arrive with a problem that does not respect the boundaries between lobbying, enforcement defense, and litigation. A committee referral becomes a grand jury subpoena. A rulemaking becomes an APA appeal. We staff matters so those transitions do not require starting over with new counsel.
Government Affairs
We advocate before Congress, the White House, and the agencies — as registered, disclosed, compliant counsel, with the statute and the politics analyzed together.
- Lobbying and legislative strategy
- Rulemaking and comment advocacy
- Appropriations and authorization
- LDA and FARA compliance
Investigations & Defense
Congressional inquiries, grand jury subpoenas, agency enforcement, and internal investigations — managed as one coordinated response rather than three separate fires.
- Congressional oversight and subpoenas
- Federal criminal investigations
- SEC, FDIC, and OCC enforcement
- Internal and board investigations
Litigation & Appeals
Trial and appellate representation in federal court, administrative litigation, bid protests, and sentencing and post-judgment review.
- Federal appellate practice
- APA and regulatory litigation
- Bid protests and contract claims
- Sentencing and post-conviction review
Practice areas
Every practice below has its own page with detail on what we do, who we represent, and how a matter typically proceeds.
Government Relations & Lobbying →
Direct advocacy before Congress and the executive branch, built on registered, disclosed, and fully compliant representation.
Congressional, Political & Regulatory Representation →
Representation for witnesses, targets, and institutions facing congressional inquiries, subpoenas, and public hearings.
Legislative & Regulatory Advocacy →
Shaping statutes and rules before they bind our clients — and building the administrative record that supports a challenge if they do.
Complex White Collar Defense →
Defense of individuals and organizations in federal criminal investigations, from first contact through trial and appeal.
SEC, FDIC & OCC Enforcement, Compliance & Defense →
Enforcement defense and compliance counseling before the securities and banking regulators — and the parallel criminal exposure that follows them.
Department of Defense Advocacy, Regulatory Affairs & Contract Negotiations →
Contract formation, disputes, suspension and debarment defense, and policy advocacy across the Department of Defense and the services.
State Department Visa Advocacy & Consular Defense →
Advocacy in visa refusals, security holds, revocations, and inadmissibility findings — including waivers and legal action where administrative channels fail.
Civil Regulatory & Administrative Advocacy →
Representation before federal and state agencies in licensing, enforcement, adjudication, and judicial review of administrative action.
Political Appointee Advocacy & Support →
Counsel through nomination, confirmation, financial disclosure, ethics compliance, service, and the transition back to private life.
Federal Court Appeals →
Appeals and petitions in the United States courts of appeals and the Supreme Court, in criminal, civil, and administrative matters.
Federal Court Review & Mitigation for Defendants →
Sentencing advocacy, guidelines litigation, mitigation development, and post-judgment review for federal defendants.
All practice areas, in detail →
Expandable summaries of every practice, with links to the full page for each.
What actually distinguishes this firm
Advocacy and litigation are run by the same team
A comment letter written by someone who has litigated an Administrative Procedure Act case looks different from one written by a policy shop. It anticipates the record a court will review. It preserves arguments. It forces the agency to respond on the merits. Clients who never end up in court still benefit from advocacy drafted by people who assume they might.
We say what we think the outcome will be
An honest assessment early is worth more than an encouraging one. If a declination is unlikely, if a comment letter will not stop a rule, if an appeal has one viable issue rather than eight — clients hear that from us at the start, while they still have choices about how to spend money and time.
Parallel proceedings are sequenced, not improvised
Congressional testimony can become evidence in a criminal case. A regulatory settlement can concede facts a plaintiff will use. A self-report can start a clock. We map every forum a matter touches before responding in any of them, and we decide the order deliberately.
The record is built from the first letter
Whether the forum is a committee, an agency, or a district court, the first written response frequently determines what is available later. We treat initial correspondence as a filing, because it functions as one.
Start here
Consultations are substantive and are billed at a disclosed rate. Bring whatever the government has sent you.
Washington, Dallas, Tulsa
Federal practice is national. Our attorneys appear in federal courts and before federal agencies nationwide, subject to admission or pro hac vice authorization where required.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Dallas, Texas 75252
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136
Two affiliated organizations. One is a law firm; one is not.
Judicial Advocates Law Group, PLLC (this site, judicialadvocatesus.com) is a law firm. Our attorneys are licensed to practice law and provide legal advice and representation under a written engagement agreement.
Judicial Advocates (judicialadvocatesus.org) is a judicial review and litigation consulting company. It is not a law firm, does not provide legal advice, and no attorney-client relationship arises from engaging it.
You are never required to engage one in order to engage the other. If you are unsure which organization you are working with, ask — we will confirm it in writing.
Talk to a lawyer about your matter
Tell us what you have received, what forum it came from, and what the deadline is. We will tell you whether this is a matter we should handle and what it would involve.