My FOIA clients are driven to expose the activities of government agencies that have been so far kept out of the public view. Relying on my experience overseeing administration and litigation of FOIA responses in the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), I can help clients tailor their requests for maximum speed and precision. I can also help avoid the many administrative traps and dead ends that often block requests and waste requesters’ time.

Somewhat like the remote space probes exploring the far reaches of the solar system, when you send the government a records request, you are too often expected to wait an exceptional length of time for an answer that may turn out to have no value at all, the all too frequent “no records found.” Almost as bad is when requests are denied as “overly broad.” I know how government FOIA officers work to interpret and respond to requests, and I know how the agency attorneys and Justice Department litigators respond to zealous legal advocacy. My goal is to give your request the best chance of success, and when necessary, fight for my client’s right to a response “as soon as practicable.”