KING & SPALDING as FEC employer text: $6.2 million
FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault assign $6,205,663 to the employer string KING & SPALDING. The cluster is 13,569 contributions from 489 donors. That Atlanta-rooted partnership name is not a NAICS legal-services total, not the firm’s PAC, and not LATHAM & WATKINS, HOLLAND & KNIGHT, SULLIVAN & CROMWELL, or KIRKLAND & ELLIS. ATTORNEY remains a title row when donors skipped the firm.
Key figures
- KING & SPALDING as FEC employer text totals $6,205,663 from 489 donors.
- 13,569 contribution lines sit under that partnership string.
- HOLLAND & KNIGHT and LATHAM & WATKINS are separate FEC keys.
- The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS industry or firm PAC total.
Partnership name as stored, including the ampersand
LobbyVault ranks grouped employer text. KING & SPALDING is the firm as stored. The $6,205,663 total is those itemized gifts. It is not the firm’s revenue and not a NAICS rollup of all large law firms.
People who typed KING SPALDING without the ampersand, K&S, ATTORNEY, or LAWYER without the firm sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into this key.
Government-advocacy work and corporate work share KING & SPALDING when filers type the partnership. The industry headline does not split practice groups. Occupation pages show titles beside the firm.
489 donors and 13,569 lines
489 unique donors produced 13,569 KING & SPALDING contribution lines totaling $6,205,663. That is on the order of 28 itemized receipts per donor. HOLLAND & KNIGHT remains a separate partnership key. The packet does not publish a mean gift or a partner-versus-associate split.
Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and the firm’s committee PAC filings are outside the $6,205,663 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear.
489 unique donors produced 13,569 lines totaling $6,205,663. Alumni who still type the firm remain in the 489. Unitemized gifts stay out.
Holland & Knight and other firm strings
HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LATHAM & WATKINS, SULLIVAN & CROMWELL, and KIRKLAND & ELLIS are separate employer-name keys. Combining them with KING & SPALDING would mix distinct FEC fields. This page stays at $6,205,663 for KING & SPALDING only.
Occupation pages show titles stored beside the firm. ATTORNEY, LAWYER, and ATTY exist as industry keys when donors put the credential in the employer box.
KIRKLAND & ELLIS and SULLIVAN & CROMWELL remain outside KING & SPALDING. This page reports $6,205,663 from 489 donors and 13,569 lines for the King & Spalding partnership string only.
Donor table
The KING & SPALDING donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach a matter, a lobbying registration, or a motive to that line. Alumni who still type the firm share the string with current partners and staff. The FEC field is not a Martindale directory.
Repeat names are expected among 13,569 lines from 489 people. Follow committees on the table for party and office. This page does not assign a partisan percentage to the firm string.
KING & SPALDING on the table includes the ampersand. 13,569 lines from 489 donors totaling $6,205,663 are not HOLLAND & KNIGHT or LATHAM & WATKINS. ATTORNEY typed alone is a title key. Alumni who still type the firm remain in the 489. LobbyVault does not attach a lobbying registration to a large gift.
Source
FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $6,205,663, 13,569 contributions, 489 donors, top employer KING & SPALDING. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts. State filings are omitted.
The ranking uses FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Open HOLLAND & KNIGHT and LATHAM & WATKINS as sibling firm-name pages. Use occupation breakdowns for titles next to this employer.
Atlanta partnership text versus peer firms
KING & SPALDING grouped $6,205,663 from 489 donors and 13,569 lines. HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LATHAM & WATKINS, SULLIVAN & CROMWELL, and KIRKLAND & ELLIS remain separate firm pages. ATTORNEY, LAWYER, and ATTY remain title pages. KING SPALDING without the ampersand, if stored, is another key.
Unitemized gifts and the firm’s PAC documents stay outside the $6,205,663 unless an individual receipt lists KING & SPALDING. LobbyVault does not recode those peer firms into one Am Law total.
Use the donor table for disclosed recipients. LobbyVault does not attach a lobbying registration to a large gift. Alumni who still type the firm remain in the 489. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a NAICS legal-services total.
Keep KING & SPALDING’s $6,205,663, 13,569 contributions, and 489 donors on this partnership string. HOLLAND & KNIGHT and LATHAM & WATKINS stay on their own pages. Unitemized gifts and the firm PAC remain omitted. Occupation breakdowns show titles stored beside the firm. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. FEC.gov via LobbyVault is the source, not a NAICS legal-services total.
Questions
- How much have KING & SPALDING-listed donors given federally?
- LobbyVault attributes $6,205,663 to the KING & SPALDING employer string, from 13,569 contributions and 489 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not the firm’s PAC and not a NAICS legal-services total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
- Is this King & Spalding corporate political spending?
- No. The $6,205,663 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to KING & SPALDING. Partnership treasury and committee PAC filings are other FEC categories. LobbyVault does not fold those documents into this industry row. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
- Does this include Holland & Knight or Latham & Watkins lawyers?
- No. HOLLAND & KNIGHT and LATHAM & WATKINS are separate employer strings with their own pages. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text KING & SPALDING. Staff who typed only ATTORNEY are in that title row instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
- How many unique donors listed KING & SPALDING?
- The rollup counts 489 donors and 13,569 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an attorney headcount from the firm. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.