Thursday, Jul. 01, 2010

David Arkush

Firm: Public Citizen's Congress Watch position: In-house lobbyist for the consumer-advocacy group founded in 1971 by Ralph Nader

Firm lobbying fees 2009-10: $250,000

Arkush advocated for consumer protection, advised breaking up the largest, too-big-to-fail banks and addressed other industry-structure issues, while investigating the financial sector's myriad ties to the government