The Washington, D.C. office represents clients before the federal government, including federal courts, federal regulatory agencies and Congress. Our communications, media and technology practice represents clients in the converging fields of advertising, broadcast, cable, electronic media, entertainment, First Amendment law, print, technology and telecommunications. Our communications and media lawyers possess unparalleled expertise in the areas of First Amendment matters, regulatory issues, trade practices, newsgathering, defamation and privacy. We practice extensively before the Federal Communications Commission. In addition, our energy lawyers represent clients on a wide range of climate change, electric, natural gas, hydroelectric and other energy matters before state utility commissions, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Executive Branch and Congress. Lawyers in the litigation and appellate department are particularly noted for their experience and expertise in First Amendment, communications and commercial litigation, as well as federal investigations. Furthermore, our D.C. office is home base to our nationally recognized corporate diversity practice, which advises Fortune 500 CEOs and general counsels on a wide-range of diversity matters.