Legendary lobbyist Tommy Boggs, "who sat for years at the epicenter of Washington legal and political circles as the city’s marquee name in lobbying and political fund-raising," according to the Washington Post, died today of a heart attack in his Chevy Chase, MD., home. He was 73.
Boggs joined the DC firm in 1966 and earned a place National Journal list of top lawyers in the US in every year since its inception.
He forged the K Street model by positioning PB at the intersection where business meets government.
Boggs counseled tax, health care, trade, telecommunications and restructuring clients. His work for US approval of the 1979 government bailout of Chrysler is among career highlights.
Boggs served on corporate boards such as Eastern Air Lines, Chemfix Technologies and Washington Bancorp.
Due to financial concerns, PB merged with the bigger Squire Sanders firm effective June 1.
Vanity Fair profiled Boggs as "The King of the Hill," while CBS labeled him "the fattest of the fat cats."
Boggs served on corporate boards such as Eastern Air Lines, Chemfix Technologies and Washington Bancorp.
Due to financial concerns, PB merged with the bigger Squire Sanders firm effective June 1.
Boggs is the son of former New Orleans Congressman and Majority Leader Hale Boggs, who disappeared in a plane crash in Alaska while campaigning for Representative Nick Begich, father of The Fronter State's Senator Mark Begich. Lindy Boggs, Tommy's mother, was elected to succeed her husband.
Broadcast journalist Cokie Roberts is Boggs' sister.
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