Labor Secretary’s Longtime Colleague Racks Up Work Lobbying DOL

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh’s longtime chief counsel when he was Boston mayor made his first foray into lobbying in late March and engaged the U.S. Department of Labor on behalf of more individual clients than any other federal lobbyist from April through June.

Eugene O’Flaherty is promoting a vast portfolio of business priorities before Walsh’s department—eight clients total, all heavyweight employers or industry groups, according to a review of second-quarter disclosure forms that his company, Ballard Partners, filed with Congress last week.

His contracts coincide with some of the most significant policy decisions Walsh faces as one of the ...