Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012

Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Negotiations S. 3285, A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of the Russian Federation. H.R. 4405, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1039, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

U.S. Trade Negotiations on Trans-Pacific Partnership H.R. 2072, Securing American Jobs Through Exports Act of 2011 S. 3285, A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of the Russian Federation H.R. 4405, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1039, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011 S. 2215, Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2012 H.R. 4221, Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2012

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Global health and development U.S. Negotiations on Trans Pacific Partnership S. 3285, A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of the Russian Federation. H.R. 4405, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1039, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

HR 4405 - Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 S 1039 - Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 Law of the Sea Treaty UN Small Arms Treaty Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons United Nations reform

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 1039 Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011. S. 3406 Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012. HR 4405 Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $45,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office

S.1039/H.R.4405 - Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 S.2177/H.R.4243 - NATO Enhancement Act of 2012 S.3199/H.R.5741 - Jobs Originated through Launching Travel Act of 2012 H.Res.790 - Expressing support for designation of August 23 as Black Ribbon Day to recognize victims of Soviet and Nazi regimes

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office

S. 3285: A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of the Russian Federation. Issue: Trying to attain the passage of permanent normal trade relations for Russia. S. 3406/ HR 6156: Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act of 2012. Issue: Trying to attain the passage of permanent normal trade relations for Russia. S. 1039/ HR 4405: Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012. Issue: Trying to attain the passage of permanent normal trade relations for Russia.

Client expense: $1,680,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.2177 - NATO Enhancement Act of 2012 S.1039 - Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 H.R.4405 - Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 H.R.1575 - Justice for Sergei Magnitsky Act of 2011

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office

Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Negotiations S. 3285, A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of the Russian Federation. H.R. 4405, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1039, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

U.S. Trade Negotiations on Trans-Pacific Partnership H.R. 2072, Securing American Jobs Through Exports Act of 2011 S. 3285, A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of the Russian Federation H.R. 4405, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1039, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011 S. 2215, Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2012 H.R. 4221, Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2012

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Global health and development U.S. Negotiations on Trans Pacific Partnership S. 3285, A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of the Russian Federation. H.R. 4405, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1039, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R. 4405, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012: support, analysis H.R. 4173, Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and Stop War Through Diplomacy Act

Client expense: $840,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service, Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service, Vice President of the U.S.

Russia permanent normal trade relations and termination of the Jackson-Vanik amendment - HR 4405, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012; S 1039, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011; S 3285, A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of the Russian Federation. Export-Import Bank reauthorization - HR 2072, Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012. Trade issues, including currency, with China - Executive Branch action re this issue. Implementation of US-Korea Free Trade Agreement - Executive Branch action re this issue.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $99,000

On behalf of 35 religious and human rights leaders of varying faiths, including the client, who previously signed a letter that was sent to members of Congress and the Administration, we made contacts and organized a meeting to urge the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and its Commissioners to view freedom of religion, thought, conscience and belief as far more than a church-state issue, a social challenge or a security concern that simply needs to be reported on and managed. We discussed how international religious freedom is a multidisciplinary issue that cuts across human rights, economics, security, counter-terrorism, media, academia, business, and other sectors. USCIRF, and its Commissioners, should reflect this broad and interrelated awareness. Further, a USCIRF Commissioner should be an advocate for freedom of religion, thought, conscience and belief, and for the practice and contribution of all faiths (or none). On behalf of 30 religious and human rights leaders of varying faiths, including the client, who previously signed a letter that was sent to the Secretary of State and members of Congress, we made contacts and organized meetings to express our deep concern about rising restrictions on religion in Russia, which are contributing to an atmosphere of intolerance and discrimination against religious communities and their individual members. In particular, we are most concerned about the increasing misuse of the 2002 Extremism Law to censor religious scriptures and disrupt religious organizations. In June 2011, the Russian Supreme Court made clear that cases under "extremism"-related Articles of the Criminal Code must be very carefully and narrowly framed. However, the federal government continues to allow the use of an expansive definition that ignores the Supreme Court and contravenes the narrow construction of the term to violence or violent encroachment articulated in the Shanghai Convention on Combating Terrorism, Separatism and Extremism, which Russia has signed and ratified. So we urged them to press Russian authorities on this matter. A good place to start would be to ask the Russian government to narrow its definition of extremism. Worked with the client to sign a letter that was signed by 50 human rights and religious organizations, which was sent to the President to call for the full and rapid implementation of the 2007 Leahy-Kyl reforms that authorized the Administration to exempt refugees, asylees and asylum seekers (with no actual connection to terrorism) from the broad anti-terrorism provisions in our immigration laws that have effectively prevented them from proving their non-terrorist status, which has barred them from entering the U.S. or from obtaining green cards to remain in the U.S. Worked with the client to sign a letter that was signed by 19 human rights and religious organizations, which was sent to congressional offices to express strong support for the passage of the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act (H.R 4405 / S.1039). This Act was named after Sergei Magnitsky, a young lawyer in Russia who bravely stood up to corruption, and ultimately paid the highest possible price by losing his life at the hands of the official in the Russian state involved in the corruption he uncovered. This legislation specifically targets officials who abuse human rights with effective travel and financial sanctions. This law would not only create an effective punishment for people who have violated human rights, but also a powerful deterrent for people to not violate human rights in the future. Worked with the client to sign a letter that was signed by 20 human rights and religious organizations, which was sent to the Secretary of State to urge her to designate countries of particular concern (CPC) concurrently with the release of the next Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. The CPC designation is one tool in the Secretary of States toolkit and we support its judicious use. At the same time, if the statutory process is ignored, it sends the wrong message to abusive governments. We believe that annually designating CPC will send a clear message about the United States commitment to religious freedom in our foreign policy. Worked with the client to sign a letter that was signed by 20 human rights and religious organizations, which was sent to the Solicitor General of the United States to urge him to take the position in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, set for argument this October, that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) provides a cause of action in United States courts for conduct that takes place in the territory of a foreign state. The ATS has proved an invaluable tool to hold accountable the worlds worst violators of the right to be free from torture and other egregious crimes based solely on ones spiritual or religious beliefs, in keeping with the United States foreign policy interests and its long-standing commitment to religious freedom.

Sections Relating to ADR in the following bills: S585, HR2410, HR2475, HR4405, HR4173

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE