WASHINGTON — Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, who forged a lucrative second career as of Washington’s most influential lobbyists after his retirement from Congress, is leaving Squire Patton Boggs, according to an internal email
Lott “will no longer continue as a part of the firm,” where he co-chaired the public policy practice said in the email, which was obtained by Bloomberg.
Squire Patton Boggs is one of the top grossing firms on K Street, taking in nearly $26 million in lobbying revenues last year and more than $6.7 million in the first quarter of 2020. The law and lobbying firm did not respond to questions as to why Lott was leaving.
After leaving the Senate, Lott, a Mississippi Republican, and former Sen. John Breaux, a Louisiana Democrat, formed a boutique lobbying outfit in 2008, called the Breaux-Lott Leadership Group, that Patton Boggs purchased two years later.
Breaux did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday evening.
Lott resigned as majority leader in 2002 after coming under intense criticism praising South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond’s segregationist campaign for president in 1948. He made the remarks on the occasion of Thurmond’s 100th birthday.
In 2007, Lott retired from the Senate, saying that his decision was driven by a number of factors, including a desire to spend more time with his family.
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