Trump-Aligned Ballard Takes Over as Revenue Leader on K Street

Ballard Partners, a firm with close ties to the administration, now leads K Street in federal lobbying revenue this year, the latest sign of how President Trump is upending the influence industry.

Ballard Partners disclosed lobbying revenue of more than $59 million for the first three quarters of the year, from such clients as Balkan Energy DMCC, President and Fellows of Harvard College, and the National Football League, among more than 300 others. The firm declined to comment.

“When Republicans came back into power in DC, it was like a spigot turned on,” the firm’s founder Brian Ballard said in ...