SELF/ATTORNEY
Total Donated
$14,212,696
Contributions
28,353
Unique Donors
2,138
Top Employer
SELF/ATTORNEY
Donors tagged SELF/ATTORNEY on federal itemized receipts account for $14,212,696, according to FEC.gov aggregates indexed by LobbyVault. The cluster is 28,353 contributions from 2,138 donors. SELF/ATTORNEY is a slash-joined employer/occupation pair, not the standalone ATTORNEY or SELF rows, and not a NAICS legal-services total. The 2,138 unique donors and 28,353 lines describe the slash pair only; unitemized gifts stay outside the $14,212,696.
Key figures
- SELF/ATTORNEY as FEC text totals $14,212,696 from 2,138 donors.
- 28,353 contribution lines sit under the slash-joined string.
- ATTORNEY, ATTY, LAWYER, and named firms are separate FEC keys.
- The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS legal-services industry.
A concatenated solo-practice stamp
Committees often put SELF in one FEC box and ATTORNEY in the other. Software concatenates them as SELF/ATTORNEY. LobbyVault ranks that joined string separately from ATTORNEY, LAWYER, ATTY, and SELF. The $14,212,696 total is only the slash form. Combining it with ATTORNEY’s much larger standalone total would mix two stored keys. Those 2,138 people and 28,353 lines are the SELF/ATTORNEY grouping only. Those 2,138 people and 28,353 lines are the SELF/ATTORNEY grouping only.
People who typed a firm name (KIRKLAND & ELLIS and other partnership rows) or ATTORNEY without SELF sit in those other rows. LobbyVault does not recode slash pairs into the unsashed title.
2,138 donors and 28,353 lines
2,138 unique donors produced 28,353 SELF/ATTORNEY contribution lines totaling $14,212,696. Receipts per donor run near 13 — lower repeat intensity than 60-line payroll names, still enough to show recurring itemized gifts. The packet does not publish a mean gift as its own FEC field.
Party share is not on the industry headline. Law-firm PACs and independent expenditures that lack this individual string are outside the $14,212,696. Unitemized gifts never appear.
Full analysis: SELF/ATTORNEY on FEC schedules: $14.2 million →
Questions
- How much have SELF/ATTORNEY donors given federally?
- LobbyVault attributes $14,212,696 to the SELF/ATTORNEY string, from 28,353 contributions and 2,138 donors. These are itemized individual receipts with that slash-joined text, not the standalone ATTORNEY row and not a NAICS legal-services total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
- Is SELF/ATTORNEY the same as ATTORNEY?
- No. ATTORNEY without the slash is a separate, larger grouped string. SELF/ATTORNEY is the concatenated employer/occupation pair. The $14,212,696 figure is the slash form only. LobbyVault does not merge the two keys. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
- Does this include Big Law firm employees?
- Only if a receipt’s grouped text is SELF/ATTORNEY. Named firms such as KIRKLAND & ELLIS are separate strings. People who wrote ATTORNEY and a partnership name are on those other pages. The 2,138 donors are unique contributors in this slash pair.
- Why the slash in the label?
- Committees often put SELF in employer and ATTORNEY in occupation, or the reverse. Filing software joins them as SELF/ATTORNEY. That is a paperwork pattern, not a second law license. The 28,353 lines are receipts stored under that joined string. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer 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.
Cycle-over-Cycle Trend
| Cycle | Total | Contributions | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | $1,250 | 4 | 4 |
| 1982 | $500 | 1 | 1 |
| 1984 | $500 | 1 | 1 |
| 1986 | $2,000 | 2 | 1 |
| 1988 | $4,500 | 5 | 1 |
| 1990 | $6,776 | 8 | 2 |
| 1992 | $7,500 | 13 | 3 |
| 1994 | $3,250 | 5 | 1 |
| 1996 | $5,500 | 9 | 3 |
| 1998 | $7,725 | 13 | 1 |
| 2000 | $605,833 | 872 | 672 |
| 2002 | $1,383,770 | 1,950 | 1,256 |
| 2004 | $641,717 | 859 | 460 |
| 2006 | $1,029,569 | 716 | 367 |
| 2008 | $1,396,632 | 1,403 | 585 |
| 2010 | $433,334 | 619 | 288 |
| 2012 | $1,250,313 | 1,074 | 457 |
| 2014 | $569,943 | 608 | 251 |
| 2016 | $799,148 | 2,808 | 381 |
| 2018 | $1,211,671 | 2,349 | 323 |
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHRISTENSEN, LAVAR | $494,000 | 5 | DRAPER, UT | — | 2002–2006 |
| 2 | Rosenfeldt, Stuart A. Mr. | $239,850 | 10 | Boca Raton, FL | — | 2000–2008 |
| 3 | Kavoukjian, Michael E. Mr. | $141,600 | 6 | Miami Beach, FL | — | 2000–2014 |
| 4 | Cowden, James | $120,050 | 37 | Austin, TX | — | 2002–2014 |
| 5 | Woodings, Robert T. Mr. | $109,900 | 22 | Pittsburgh, PA | — | 2000–2012 |
| 6 | Bone, Charles R. | $94,550 | 46 | Nashville, TN | — | 2002–2014 |
| 7 | Liss, Susan M. Ms. | $92,100 | 25 | Chevy Chase, MD | — | 2002–2014 |
| 8 | Herbold, Patricia L. Mrs. | $79,995 | 11 | Bellevue, WA | — | 2000–2012 |
| 9 | Bathgate, Lawrence E. Mr. II | $75,600 | 14 | Lakewood, NJ | — | 2000–2012 |
| 10 | Brown, Edgar A. Mr. | $74,259 | 22 | Fort Pierce, FL | — | 2000–2012 |
| 11 | Herring, James H. Mr. | $62,716 | 31 | Canton, MS | — | 2000–2014 |
| 12 | STEINBERG, ROBERT B | $55,651 | 69 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — | 1980–2012 |
| 13 | Walter, Paula | $53,200 | 12 | New Rochelle, NY | — | 2002–2012 |
| 14 | Rogowsky, Alan D. Mr. | $48,800 | 14 | New York, NY | — | 2002–2008 |
| 15 | Gideon, C.J. | $48,100 | 18 | Nashville, TN | — | 2002–2014 |
| 16 | SCHATTMAN, JANICE | $47,962 | 33 | FORT WORTH, TX | — | 2002–2014 |
| 17 | Austin, Donald E. Mr. | $47,212 | 40 | South New Berlin, NY | — | 2000–2008 |
| 18 | JOBLOVE, MICHAEL D. | $45,450 | 38 | COOPER CITY, FL | — | 2002–2014 |
| 19 | Donahoe, Eileen Ms. | $41,500 | 9 | Portola Valley, CA | — | 2002–2006 |
| 20 | de Toledo, Victoria | $41,400 | 31 | Wilton, CT | — | 2002–2014 |
| 21 | Herlihy, Edward D. Mr. | $40,500 | 20 | New York, NY | — | 2000–2014 |
| 22 | Shuffield, W. Charles Mr. | $39,700 | 5 | Orlando, FL | — | 2002–2008 |
| 23 | Herrera, Frank Mr. Jr. | $39,590 | 42 | San Antonio, TX | — | 2002–2012 |
| 24 | DeParle, Nancy-Ann | $39,200 | 28 | Washington, DC | — | 2002–2014 |
| 25 | Shea, Patrick C. Mr. | $39,052 | 43 | La Jolla, CA | — | 2002–2014 |
| 26 | Regan, Michael Mr. | $38,000 | 6 | Rochester, NY | — | 2000–2014 |
| 27 | Titelman, William A. Mr. | $37,000 | 7 | Washington, DC | — | 2002–2006 |
| 28 | Becnel, Daniel Mr. Jr | $36,000 | 8 | Reserve, LA | — | 2000–2004 |
| 29 | Finley, Daniel R Mr. | $36,000 | 23 | Houston, TX | — | 2000–2012 |
| 30 | Rubino A. Joseph | $36,000 | 19 | Malvern, PA | — | 2002–2014 |
| 31 | Lamb, Archie C. Mr. | $35,900 | 3 | Birmingham, AL | — | 2002–2004 |
| 32 | Steiner, Robert G. Mr. | $33,500 | 51 | San Diego, CA | — | 2000–2014 |
| 33 | Singer, Alvin Ira | $33,400 | 17 | Highland Park, IL | — | 2002–2012 |
| 34 | Clayton, Tony | $31,200 | 13 | Port Allen, LA | — | 2002–2014 |
| 35 | Clemente, C. Daniel Mr. | $31,100 | 13 | McLean, VA | — | 2002–2010 |
| 36 | Cavanaugh, James Mr. | $30,850 | 19 | Portland, OR | — | 2000–2014 |
| 37 | MCNALLY, ROBERT STEPHEN ESQ. | $30,600 | 2 | AUSTIN, TX | ATTORNEY | 2012 |
| 38 | Kallner Matt | $30,350 | 18 | Powell, OH | — | 2002–2014 |
| 39 | Lee, Bruce B. | $30,000 | 18 | Washington, DC | — | 2002–2008 |
| 40 | Diefenderfer, William M. Mr. III | $29,000 | 7 | Great Falls, VA | — | 2000–2012 |
| 41 | Dill, Barry | $27,950 | 34 | Tucson, AZ | — | 2002–2014 |
| 42 | Buskirk, George A. | $27,199 | 11 | Zionsville, IN | — | 2002–2014 |
| 43 | Shannon, James D. Mr. | $27,000 | 4 | Crystal Springs, MS | — | 2002–2004 |
| 44 | Gibbons, Peter | $26,400 | 7 | Riverside, CA | — | 2000–2014 |
| 45 | White, John T. Mr. III | $26,000 | 5 | Arlington, VA | — | 2000–2014 |
| 46 | Bates, H. Scott Mr. | $26,000 | 2 | Orlando, FL | — | 2000–2004 |
| 47 | Pickett, David Mr. | $25,060 | 102 | Dallas, TX | — | 2002–2012 |
| 48 | BARKER, KATY | $25,000 | 6 | DALLAS, TX | ATTORNEY | 2012–2014 |
| 49 | FAY, TOM | $25,000 | 13 | SILVER SPRING, MD | — | 2002–2014 |
| 50 | Campbell, Donald Mr. | $24,900 | 32 | Las Vegas, NV | — | 2000–2014 |
Top Recipients
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACTBLUEC00401224 | $984,625 | 1,971 |
| 2 | REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418 | $946,140 | 2,007 |
| 3 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603 | $568,219 | 1,362 |
| 4 | LAVAR CHRISTENSEN FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEC00417204 | $490,000 | 5 |
| 5 | ROMNEY VICTORY, INC.C00518282 | $367,198 | 782 |
| 6 | BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC.C00343509 | $317,118 | 1,712 |
| 7 | BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INCC00386987 | $262,431 | 1,352 |
| 8 | EMILYS LISTC00193433 | $201,920 | 472 |
| 9 | NRCCC00075820 | $185,568 | 1,170 |
| 10 | ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT, INC.C00431171 | $177,704 | 1,263 |
| 11 | JOHN MCCAIN 2008 INC.C00430470 | $177,122 | 1,122 |
| 12 | OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445 | $174,510 | 1,451 |
| 13 | NRSCC00027466 | $169,614 | 886 |
| 14 | MCCAIN VICTORY 2008C00448498 | $164,000 | 157 |
| 15 | WINREDC00694323 | $151,901 | 642 |
| 16 | DSCCC00042366 | $143,777 | 755 |
| 17 | MCCAIN 2000 INCC00342154 | $135,606 | 814 |
| 18 | HASTINGS FOR CONGRESSC00269837 | $132,330 | 237 |
| 19 | KERRY VICTORY 2004C00398198 | $117,250 | 162 |
| 20 | FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE PACC00703975 | $107,923 | 843 |
| 21 | MCCAIN-PALIN VICTORY 2008C00453738 | $104,850 | 526 |
| 22 | RESTORE OUR FUTURE, INC.C00490045 | $100,000 | 37 |
| 23 | AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)C00024521 | $76,802 | 118 |
| 24 | TENNESSEE DEMOCRATIC PARTYC00167346 | $75,280 | 135 |
| 25 | OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012C00494740 | $74,075 | 490 |