Podesta saw a 44% rise in gross lobbying revenue from 2007 to 2008.
So far this year, the firm has filed 18 registrations for new federal lobbying clients, including Deloitte, Michelin North America, and Sallie Mae. The firm’s existing clients include Google, Wal-Mart, and Reed Elsevier, the company that owns Lexis-Nexis.
The new additions include Teal Baker, an official in President Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, who returns to Podesta after leaving in 2007.
Peggy Binzel is a former legislative director for then-US Representative Jack Fields of Texas.
Beth Inadomi returns to Podesta; she is a former counsel on the Senate Commerce Committee.
Aranthan Jones II worked for then-US Representative William Jefferson, Louisiana Democrat.
Andy Lewin worked for US Representative Dennis Moore, Democrat of Kansas, and then-US Representative Max Sandlin, Democrat of Texas.
Bob Taylor was deputy assistant secretary of defense for Senate affairs.
The Podesta Group is a lobbying and public affairs firm based in Washington, DC. It was founded in 1988 by brothers John Podesta and Tony Podesta, and has previously been known as Podesta Associates and PodestaMattoon.