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Updated information on Dan Backer's law practice, which recently went through a merger.
'''Dan Backer''' is the founding attorney of political.law PLLC (formerly DB Capitol Strategies PLLC), a campaign finance and political law firm in Alexandria, [[Virginia]].<ref>https://theaapc.org/events-register/annual-pollie-conference/2016-annual-pollie-conference/speakers/dan-backer/</ref><ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/03/10/dan-backer-campaign-finance-mccutcheon-supreme-court/6259863/</ref> Backer was born in [[Russia]] and emigrated with his family to the [[U.S.]] in the late 1970s.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/06/21/was-childhood-immigrant-to-us-trump-is-acting-wisely-and-compassionately-on-illegal-immigration.html</ref><ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/dan-backer-mccutcheon-supreme-court-donations-campaign-finance-2014-4</ref>
'''Dan Backer''' is the founding attorney of political.law PLLC (formerly DB Capitol Strategies PLLC), a campaign finance and political law firm in Alexandria, [[Virginia]].<ref>https://theaapc.org/events-register/annual-pollie-conference/2016-annual-pollie-conference/speakers/dan-backer/</ref><ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/03/10/dan-backer-campaign-finance-mccutcheon-supreme-court/6259863/</ref> In April 2021, political.law PLLC merged with Chalmers & Adams LLC to become one of the nation's leading boutique law firms.<ref>https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/539413767/chalmers-adams-and-political-law-merge</ref> Backer was born in [[Russia]] and emigrated with his family to the [[U.S.]] in the late 1970s.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/06/21/was-childhood-immigrant-to-us-trump-is-acting-wisely-and-compassionately-on-illegal-immigration.html</ref><ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/dan-backer-mccutcheon-supreme-court-donations-campaign-finance-2014-4</ref>
Backer is the general counsel for the pro-[[Donald Trump]] Great America PAC, Committee to Defend the President PAC, and Great America Alliance 501(c)(4) organization.<ref>https://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/05/05/20832/pro-trump-super-pacs-have-already-spent-1-million-election-2020</ref><ref>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/how-a-dc-lawyer-uses-hyperpartisan-websites-to-raise-money</ref> He is also the founder and president of the Coolidge Reagan Foundation, and serves as a director of Accuracy in Media.<ref>https://www.newsmax.com/politics/first-amendment-donald-trump-group-twitter/2018/08/16/id/877375/</ref><ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/fake-news-now-a-liberal-smear-tactic/</ref>
Backer is the general counsel for the pro-[[Donald Trump]] Great America PAC, Committee to Defend the President PAC, and Great America Alliance 501(c)(4) organization.<ref>https://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/05/05/20832/pro-trump-super-pacs-have-already-spent-1-million-election-2020</ref><ref>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/how-a-dc-lawyer-uses-hyperpartisan-websites-to-raise-money</ref> He is also the founder and president of the Coolidge Reagan Foundation, and serves as a director of Accuracy in Media.<ref>https://www.newsmax.com/politics/first-amendment-donald-trump-group-twitter/2018/08/16/id/877375/</ref><ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/fake-news-now-a-liberal-smear-tactic/</ref>
== Early career ==
== Early career ==
In 2010, Backer founded DB Capitol Strategies PLLC, a law firm specializing in campaign finance and political law.<ref>https://theaapc.org/events-register/annual-pollie-conference/2016-annual-pollie-conference/speakers/dan-backer/</ref> In 2017, the firm changed its name to political.law.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/395595-free-speech-means-a-free-internet-even-if-democrats-dont-like-it</ref><ref>http://www.rnla.org/bio/BioDetail.asp?MemberID=5681</ref>
In 2010, Backer founded DB Capitol Strategies PLLC, a law firm specializing in campaign finance and political law.<ref>https://theaapc.org/events-register/annual-pollie-conference/2016-annual-pollie-conference/speakers/dan-backer/</ref> In 2017, the firm changed its name to political.law.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/395595-free-speech-means-a-free-internet-even-if-democrats-dont-like-it</ref><ref>http://www.rnla.org/bio/BioDetail.asp?MemberID=5681</ref> In April 2021, political.law PLLC merged with Chalmers & Adams LLC to become one of the nation's leading boutique law firms.<ref>https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/539413767/chalmers-adams-and-political-law-merge</ref>
Representing Shaun McCutcheon, Backer was consigliere of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] case ''McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission''.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/03/10/dan-backer-campaign-finance-mccutcheon-supreme-court/6259863/</ref><ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/dan-backer-mccutcheon-supreme-court-donations-campaign-finance-2014-4</ref><ref>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/frat-house-fund-raising-with-dan-backer.html</ref> The plaintiffs challenged biennial aggregate campaign limits established in 1974.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/03/10/dan-backer-campaign-finance-mccutcheon-supreme-court/6259863/</ref> In 2014, the Supreme Court ruled in their favor, "[striking] down the aggregate limits on the amount an individual may contribute during a two-year period to all federal candidates, parties, and political action committees combined."<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/dan-backer-mccutcheon-supreme-court-donations-campaign-finance-2014-4</ref><ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-04-16/lawyer-dan-backer-files-new-campaign-finance-lawsuit</ref> As a result of the McCutcheon decision, individuals may now contribute to as many federal candidates, political parties, or PACs as they want, as long as contributions do not exceed $2,700 (or the otherwise applicable "base limit") in each case.<ref>http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/mccutcheon-v-federal-election-commission/</ref>
Representing Shaun McCutcheon, Backer was consigliere of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] case ''McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission''.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/03/10/dan-backer-campaign-finance-mccutcheon-supreme-court/6259863/</ref><ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/dan-backer-mccutcheon-supreme-court-donations-campaign-finance-2014-4</ref><ref>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/frat-house-fund-raising-with-dan-backer.html</ref> The plaintiffs challenged biennial aggregate campaign limits established in 1974.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/03/10/dan-backer-campaign-finance-mccutcheon-supreme-court/6259863/</ref> In 2014, the Supreme Court ruled in their favor, "[striking] down the aggregate limits on the amount an individual may contribute during a two-year period to all federal candidates, parties, and political action committees combined."<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/dan-backer-mccutcheon-supreme-court-donations-campaign-finance-2014-4</ref><ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-04-16/lawyer-dan-backer-files-new-campaign-finance-lawsuit</ref> As a result of the McCutcheon decision, individuals may now contribute to as many federal candidates, political parties, or PACs as they want, as long as contributions do not exceed $2,700 (or the otherwise applicable "base limit") in each case.<ref>http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/mccutcheon-v-federal-election-commission/</ref>