What stays essential doesnt change.

Five Rings Law Group PLLC is a boutique law firm guiding clients through political law: lobbying compliance, tax-exempt registrations, government ethics and gifting rules, and corporate political activity — nationwide.

Political law shifts constantly, with little uniformity across jurisdictions. We help clients build compliance processes that hold steady through that change, managing roughly 4,000 filings a year with a focus on getting each one right.

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Who we are

Where Ancient Principles Meet Modern Compliance

Our name comes from a 17th-century Japanese samurai text on the principles that hold steady through constant change. Political law is exactly that kind of terrain — thousands of jurisdictions, each with its own rules, constantly shifting. We help clients build compliance processes that hold steady through that change, not just react to it one filing at a time.

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Explore Our Legal Solutions

Political law changes by the jurisdiction and by the year. Our name comes from a text on the principles that don't — and that's how we approach every one of these.

Lobbying Compliance

Registration and reporting under the federal Lobbying Disclosure Act, Foreign Registered Agent Act (FARA), the STOCK Act, and state and local lobbying laws — filed accurately and on time, in every jurisdiction where your organization operates.

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Tax-Exempt & Charitable Formation and Compliance

Maintaining operational compliance is crucial for sustainable business success. Our firm assists clients in developing, implementing, and monitoring compliance programs that fit their unique operational needs.

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Gifting & Government Ethics

Clear guidance on providing anything of value to government employees — before it becomes a compliance question you're answering after the fact.

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Corporate Political Activity

Campaign finance, PAC formation, procurement lobbying, and pay-to-play rules, including affiliate and aggregation risk across complex enterprise structures.

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Outside general counsel

Support and counsel to both non-profit and for-profit organizations on day-to-day legal and compliance needs, such as employment law, commercial contracts, risk management, governance, and corporate compliance.

Services

Lobbying Compliance

Registration and reporting under the federal Lobbying Disclosure Act, Foreign Registered Agent Act (FARA), the STOCK Act, and state and local lobbying laws — filed accurately and on time, in every jurisdiction where your organization operates.

Office settings reviewing documents

Tax-Exempt & Charitable Formation and Compliance

Maintaining operational compliance is crucial for sustainable business success. Our firm assists clients in developing, implementing, and monitoring compliance programs that fit their unique operational needs.

A professional reviewing documents at a desk

Gifting & Government Ethics

Clear guidance on providing anything of value to government employees — before it becomes a compliance question you're answering after the fact.

Team of professionals brainstorming

Corporate Political Activity

Campaign finance, PAC formation, procurement lobbying, and pay-to-play rules, including affiliate and aggregation risk across complex enterprise structures.

Scales of Justice Statue with Gavel and Book

Outside general counsel

Support and counsel to both non-profit and for-profit organizations on day-to-day legal and compliance needs, such as employment law, commercial contracts, risk management, governance, and corporate compliance.