American Bar Association
National professional society representing the legal profession.
Based in DC
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AI Overview
With $683K in lobbying spend across 22 quarterly filings, American Bar Association is an active lobbying client. Their lobbying covers 1 issue area. Active from 2020 to 2025.
$683K
Total Spend
6
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
1
Lobbyists Deployed
1
Issues Lobbied
Spending Trend
View as table
| Year | Lobbying Spend |
|---|---|
| 2020 | $7K |
| 2021 | $129K |
| 2022 | $134K |
| 2023 | $138K |
| 2024 | $138K |
| 2025 | $138K |
Issues Lobbied
Lobbying Firms
Lobbyists
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: Copyright/Patent
- •CASE Act (Copyright Alternates in Small Claims Enforcement Act of 2019.
- •Anticipate: other copyright, trademark, and patent issues.
- •Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019
- •Patent Reform
- •Shop Safe Act (Trademark)
- •Protecting American Intellectual Property Act of 2020
- •USCO CASE Act Implementation regulations
- •Patent Reform Legislation
- •Copyright Reform
- •Shop Safe Act of 2021 (Trademark)
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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