Some Firms Resumed PAC Giving After Pause Prompted by Jan. 6

Two Big Law firms that halted political action committee donations after the U.S. Capitol riot, Holland & Knight and Hogan Lovells, resumed the giving months later, including support for Congress members who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Holland & Knight—and in some cases its clients—had built relationships with several lawmakers who voted to overturn the election, and severing ties with them wouldn’t have been easy, said Rich Gold, a partner in the firm’s Washington office.

“We’re friends, but we were disappointed when they did that,” Gold said of the election overturn votes. The firm backed 13 Republican House ...