Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock

What Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock does

Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock, P.C. is a Washington, D.C.-based boutique law firm focused exclusively on political law. Founded by Joseph Sandler, Neil Reiff, Jim Lamb, Joshua Ian Rosenstein, and Joseph Birkenstock, the firm operates from a single office at 1620 Eye Street NW, Suite 900, in Washington, D.C. The firm provides legal services across five practice areas: Campaign Finance & Election Law, Government Ethics & Regulation of Advocacy, Nonprofit Organizations, Corporate & Commercial Law and Litigation, and Administrative Law. Sandler Reiff has been recognized by Chambers USA as a leading political law firm in Washington D.C. for 21 consecutive years as of 2026, and three of its partners (Joseph Sandler, Neil Reiff, and Joseph Birkenstock) have been inducted into Washingtonian magazine's Top Lawyers Hall of Fame—the only political law boutique to achieve that level of recognition.

The firm serves political candidates and federal/state officeholders, political and party committees, nonprofit organizations, advocacy groups, and government relations firms requiring political law counsel. Named representative clients include Fair Fight Action (a voting rights organization receiving compliance counsel on campaign finance, nonprofit tax, and voting laws) and Civic Nation (a nonprofit umbrella for initiatives including When We All Vote, United State of Women, and Change Collective). Client acquisition is relationship-driven, leveraging partner expertise, Chambers rankings, and recurring partner media citations in POLITICO, Bloomberg Government, Washington Post, and Responsible Statecraft on FARA enforcement, lobbying disclosure, and political law matters. The revenue model is professional services billing through fee-for-service engagements, with rates varying by attorney seniority, matter complexity, and client requirements; no public rate card or pricing tiers are disclosed.

The team comprises approximately 14-15 attorneys distributed across partners, of counsel, senior associates, associates, and counsel positions. The firm is a privately-held professional corporation (P.C.) with no external investors, private equity backing, or parent company disclosed; ownership rests with the named partners. No acquisitions, mergers, restructurings, or external investment activity are recorded in available source material beyond routine lateral hires and the internal promotion of Erin Tibe from Senior Counsel to Member in March 2023.

Name

Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock

Legal name

Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock, P.C.

Website

https://sandlerreiff.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock is a Washington, D.C.-based political law boutique serving political candidates, officeholders, committees, nonprofits, and advocacy organizations with specialized legal counsel on campaign finance, FARA compliance, government ethics, and nonprofit regulations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Professional legal services billed to clients including candidates, officeholders, political committees, nonprofit organizations, advocacy groups, and government relations firms. Revenue generated through legal fees for campaign finance compliance, election law, government ethics, FARA compliance, nonprofit formation, and related political law matters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

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Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock, P.C. is a Washington, D.C.-based political law boutique that advises political candidates, officeholders, committees, nonprofit organizations, and advocacy groups on campaign finance compliance, election law, government ethics, FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) compliance, lobbying disclosure, nonprofit formation, administrative law, and related commercial litigation matters.

Product overview

Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock, P.C. is a law firm specializing in political law, not a technology product company. The firm offers legal services across five practice areas: Campaign Finance & Election Law, Government Ethics & Regulation of Advocacy, Nonprofit Organizations, Corporate & Commercial Law and Litigation, and Administrative Law. The firm's services are provided through its team of attorneys rather than as software products or technology platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Campaign Finance & Election Law
• Government Ethics & Regulation of Advocacy
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Corporate & Commercial Law and Litigation
• Administrative Law

Quantifiable outcome

• 21 consecutive years of Chambers USA recognition as leading political law firm
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

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Direct peers

• Holtzman Vogel Baril Smith PLLC: Republican-aligned political law boutique with practice groups in campaign finance, election law, FARA, and nonprofit tax — the closest head-to-head rival to Sandler Reiff in size and specialty.
• Elias Law Group: Democratic-aligned political law firm founded by Marc Elias in 2021 practicing campaign finance, voting rights, redistricting, and government ethics — directly competitive for the same progressive-side client base.
• Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered: D.C. boutique with a longstanding political law practice spanning campaign finance, lobbying compliance, and nonprofit tax; comparable size, similarly elite reputation, and overlap on FARA and ethics matters.

Broad incumbents

• Perkins Coie LLP: Large national firm with a prominent political law practice (campaign finance, election law, lobbying) — broader platform but overlapping core specialty; covered by the Sandler Reiff amicus brief in 2025.
• Wiley Rein LLP: Major D.C. firm with practices in government regulation, ethics, and First Amendment advocacy — competes for the same political-law clients with the resources of a much larger institution.
• Covington & Burling LLP: Global elite D.C. firm with deep regulatory, government affairs, and election-law advisory capabilities — competes for campaign-finance and ethics matters at the high end of the market.
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP: Large international firm with a sizable public law and policy practice including lobbying compliance — overlaps on government ethics and political law matters while offering a much broader platform.
• Holland & Knight LLP: Large national firm with a public policy and regulation group active in campaign finance and election law — competing for political committees and federal-officeholder mandates.
• Steptoe & Johnson PLLC: D.C. headquartered firm with a regulatory practice touching political law, FARA-adjacent matters, and ethics — comparable client universe with significantly more attorneys.
• Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP: Global firm with a U.S. political law practice covering federal and state lobbying compliance, campaign finance, and government ethics — overlapping client base with broader resources.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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