Adobe Systems INC.

Global leaders in digital marketing and digital media solutions

Based in DC

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With $1.3M in lobbying spend across 32 quarterly filings, Adobe Systems INC is a significant lobbying presence. They deploy 31 individual lobbyists Their lobbying covers 7 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$1.3M
Total Spend
8
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
31
Lobbyists Deployed
7
Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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YearLobbying Spend
2018$120K
2019$120K
2020$120K
2021$180K
2022$200K
2023$200K
2024$200K
2025$200K

Issues Lobbied

Budget/AppropriationsConsumer IssuesCopyright/PatentIntelligenceTaxationComputer IndustryLabor Issues

Lobbying Firms

Mehlman Consulting, INC.

Lobbyists

Bruce MehlmanDavid CastagnettiDean RosenDavid ThomasElise Finley PickeringCharles WootersSohini GuptaSage EastmanLauren AronsonMichael RobinsonMichael CollinsConstantine HingsonSteve HaroHelen TolarNichole DistefanoMckenzie BricePaul ThornellStephen CoteAlexander PerkinsVictoria FloodRosemary GutierrezZachary MalloveCaitlin Van SantLisa GoldmanAlyene MlinarErica ChabotAnnie WolfNaveen ParmarJon AdameJoseph BrownEarl Flood

What They Lobby About

These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Budget/Appropriations, Consumer Issues, Copyright/Patent, Intelligence, Taxation and 2 more

  • •IT funding in government appropriations; Acquisition reform and IT modernization.
  • •H.R. 2227 - Modernizing Government Technology (MGT Act) implementation.
  • •Accessibility law compliance, tools and regulations; privacy and cyber security.
  • •Copyright enforcement.
  • •S. 1761 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018.
  • •Corporate tax reform.
  • •Implementation of PL 115-97 (H.R. 1/tax reform).

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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings

Last updated: February 2026

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