LAWYER
2008 Election Cycle
Total Donated
$3,191,931
Contributions
3,395
Unique Donors
913
$4,310,738 in itemized individual contributions is the 2008-cycle join for the grouping Lawyer. FEC.gov aggregates count 4,315 contributions from 1,135 donors. The same string totals $59,115,033 across every cycle in this table, so the 2008 cell is about 7.29% of the lifetime bucket. Lawyer is the occupation string. Attorney is a sibling title if stored separately. The FEC does not verify bar status. The key is not a bar-license census and not a law-firm PAC.
Key figures
- Lawyer × 2008: $4,310,738 in itemized individual contributions.
- 4,315 contributions from 1,135 donors; about $999.01 per gift and $3,798.01 per donor.
- 2008 is about 7.29% of the grouping’s $59,115,033 all-cycle total.
- ATTORNEY, LAWYER/ATTORNEY, and named firm employers such as a two-word law-firm key remain other groupings.
- Itemized individual receipts only — not PAC disbursements and not USAspending awards.
Lawyer occupation × the 2008 cycle
Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Lawyer and 2008 — sum to $4,310,738. The cell holds 4,315 itemized contributions and 1,135 unique donors. The total is not an official organization disbursement and does not name recipients. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables.
Neither the Lawyer hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. Lawyer is the occupation string. Attorney is a sibling title if stored separately. The FEC does not verify bar status. ATTORNEY, LAWYER/ATTORNEY, and named firm employers such as a two-word law-firm key remain other groupings. Open Lawyer 2008 for the overlay rows, Lawyer for other cycles, and the 2008 election cycle for other employer strings.
Dividing $4,310,738 by 4,315 contributions yields about $999.01 per itemized gift. Dividing by 1,135 donors yields about $3,798.01 per donor. Contributions per donor average about 3.8. Those means describe the arithmetic on the packet. They are not medians, not a party split, and not a typical salary.
Lawyer’s 2008 share of the lifetime string
The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $59,115,033. The 2008 slice of $4,310,738 is about 7.29% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 92.71%. Treating 2008 as the entire Lawyer FEC story would ignore that remainder.
Treat $59,115,033 as the denominator for the 7.29% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. The industry hub is the year index for this string. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $59,115,033.
Full analysis: Lawyer contributions in the 2008 FEC cycle →
Questions
- How much did Lawyer donors give in 2008?
- FEC.gov aggregates show $4,310,738 in itemized individual contributions for the Lawyer grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 4,315 contributions and 1,135 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $59,115,033 all-cycle figure.
- What share of Lawyer FEC money is 2008?
- The grouping’s all-cycle total is $59,115,033. The 2008 cell of $4,310,738 is about 7.29% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 92.71% on the industry hub. Do not treat 2008 as the whole Lawyer story.
- Are these all licensed attorneys?
- No. The bucket is the self-reported string Lawyer. The Commission does not check state bars. Attorney as a different spelling is a different page if stored separately. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Lawyer hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.
- Where is the overlay for the Lawyer 2008 join?
- Open Lawyer 2008 for the cycle overlay, Lawyer for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON names the join; the overlay holds the rows.
FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.
Top Donors in 2008
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOIES, DAVID | $115,200 | 15 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 2 | DRISCOLL, JAMES | $111,575 | 22 | ORLANDO, FL | — |
| 3 | COZEN, STEPHEN | $72,700 | 10 | PHILA, PA | — |
| 4 | BERN, MARC | $60,500 | 14 | SCARSDALE, NY | — |
| 5 | SCHEUER, ELIZABETH | $55,900 | 18 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 6 | ENGELBERG, ALFRED B | $47,300 | 14 | GREENWICH, CT | — |
| 7 | GOLD, STANLEY P. | $37,700 | 5 | HOLLYWOOD, CA | — |
| 8 | TRAUB, BARRY | $33,400 | 49 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | — |
| 9 | MAROVITZ, WILLIAM A | $32,800 | 3 | CHICAGO, IL | — |
| 10 | GEOGHEGAN, PATRICIA | $32,400 | 16 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 11 | BOGGS, THOMAS H JR | $31,900 | 18 | CHEVY CHASE, MD | — |
| 12 | SMITH, ROBERT P | $30,000 | 2 | BOSTON, MA | — |
| 13 | JOFFE, ROBERT D | $27,900 | 5 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 14 | SLATER, AMY | $27,089 | 30 | BERKELEY, CA | — |
| 15 | COGAN, JOHN F JR | $26,550 | 5 | LEXINGTON, MA | — |
| 16 | LIGHT, ROBERT | $25,000 | 13 | SANTA BARBARA, CA | — |
| 17 | GOLD, RICHARD | $23,837 | 29 | WESTON, MA | — |
| 18 | MILLER, STEVEN | $23,775 | 42 | TYLER, TX | — |
| 19 | PARKER, ROBERT | $22,450 | 30 | TULSA, OK | — |
| 20 | BRAMLETT, JEFFREY O | $21,900 | 14 | ATLANTA, GA | — |
| 21 | ARSHT, ADRIENNE | $21,316 | 11 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 22 | ALLEN, GEORGE | $20,319 | 23 | FORT MYERS, FL | — |
| 23 | GOLDBERG, DEBORAH B | $20,066 | 13 | BROOKLINE, MA | — |
| 24 | MILSTEIN, CHERYL S | $20,000 | 1 | SCARSDALE, NY | — |
| 25 | MORIARTY, JAMES R | $19,600 | 11 | HOUSTON, TX | — |
| 26 | GANNETT, ROBERT | $18,700 | 31 | BRATTLEBORO, VT | — |
| 27 | BINGAMAN, ANNE K | $17,500 | 12 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 28 | GONZALEZ, JAIME | $17,250 | 31 | MCALLEN, TX | — |
| 29 | BEARD, JOHN | $16,254 | 28 | — | — |
| 30 | FLEMING, WILLIAM | $15,310 | 28 | HOUSTON, TX | — |
| 31 | MANDELL, MARK S | $15,300 | 9 | PROVIDENCE, RI | — |
| 32 | KIEVE, ANNE | $14,800 | 8 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 33 | ROM, BARBARA | $14,750 | 8 | WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI | — |
| 34 | MORLEY, MICHAEL | $14,730 | 9 | YOUNGSTOWN, OH | — |
| 35 | KUROWSKI, JOHN J | $13,800 | 4 | BELLEVILLE, IL | — |
| 36 | RICE, BRIAN | $13,693 | 12 | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | — |
| 37 | SEDGWICK, ROB | $13,674 | 11 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 38 | POGUE, RICHARD W | $13,200 | 9 | CLEVELAND, OH | — |
| 39 | O'NEILL, BRIAN | $12,400 | 6 | BOSTON, MA | — |
| 40 | VARET, MICHAEL | $12,068 | 8 | RIVERDALE, NY | — |
| 41 | CONNOLLY, JOHN | $11,960 | 24 | ST PAUL, MN | — |
| 42 | ALDEN, RICHARD | $11,900 | 10 | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | — |
| 43 | RILEY, THOMAS | $11,700 | 19 | PAOLI, PA | — |
| 44 | BENZ, JAMES | $11,665 | 5 | CEDAR RAPIDS, IA | — |
| 45 | OLSMAN, JULES B | $11,400 | 8 | HUNTINGTON WOODS, MI | — |
| 46 | BECKER, ALAN | $11,200 | 17 | FT LAUDERDALE, FL | — |
| 47 | DAVIS, ARTHUR | $11,200 | 5 | DES MOINES, IA | — |
| 48 | PAPRIN, SETH | $11,000 | 10 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 49 | ROBERTS, JAY | $10,950 | 18 | WATERLOO, IA | — |
| 50 | KOSHLAND, JAMES M | $10,800 | 6 | PALO ALTO, CA | — |
Top Recipients in 2008
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C00431445 | $574,318 | 695 |
| 2 | C00431569 | $159,820 | 185 |
| 3 | C00042366 | $136,000 | 63 |
| 4 | C00451393 | $120,541 | 111 |
| 5 | C00413914 | $115,200 | 15 |
| 6 | C00448654 | $72,700 | 10 |
| 7 | C00431205 | $62,300 | 59 |
| 8 | C00302422 | $60,500 | 14 |
| 9 | C00010603 | $60,375 | 72 |
| 10 | C00437277 | $55,489 | 36 |
| 11 | C00000935 | $55,058 | 88 |
| 12 | C00416016 | $47,300 | 14 |
| 13 | C00088484 | $45,983 | 53 |
| 14 | C00401224 | $45,860 | 69 |
| 15 | C00238907 | $42,100 | 29 |
| 16 | C00308742 | $39,200 | 8 |
| 17 | C00386458 | $35,775 | 59 |
| 18 | C00408088 | $32,550 | 12 |
| 19 | C00326066 | $32,400 | 16 |
| 20 | C00305110 | $25,000 | 13 |
| 21 | C00171330 | $23,837 | 29 |
| 22 | C00419291 | $22,350 | 38 |
| 23 | C00382457 | $21,816 | 16 |
| 24 | C00430470 | $21,551 | 29 |
| 25 | C00027466 | $21,540 | 34 |