Goldman Sachs Work Comes to an End for Williams & Jensen

After 10 years, Williams & Jensen's lobbying work for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has dried up.

The Washington government-affairs law firm notified Congress on Thursday that it stopped lobbying for the investment banking and securities firm on July 31. Williams & Jensen focused on transportation infrastructure legislation, according to congressional records.

In June, Congress passed legislation that authorized $120 billion in spending for federal highway, mass transit and rail programs. Goldman is an underwriter for highway and mass transit systems, among other transportation entities.

Williams & Jensen principals Denis Dwyer and David Franasiak, as well as associate Michael Kans, most recently handled the account. Kans declined to comment. A Goldman representative wasn't immediately available for comment.

Goldman paid Williams & Jensen less than $5,000 per quarter since January 2011. But Williams & Jensen received at least $640,000 from Goldman between its July 2002 registration as a firm that lobbies for Goldman and December 2010.

The investment banking and securities firm spent more than $2 million on federal lobbying during the first half of this year. Goldman used lobbyists from firms that included Nixon Peabody and Patton Boggs affiliate Breaux Lott Leadership Group.

Williams & Jensen was the only firm that lobbied for Goldman this year on a transportation issue. Goldman focused much of its lobbying on matters that included energy policy and the implementation of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

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it's interesting that Williams & Jensen received at least $640,000 from Goldman between its July 2002 and 2010.