Scott D. Hatch (Lobbyist, Walker, Martin & Hatch)

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Scott D. Hatch, the son of Senator Orrin Hatch, is a lobbyist with Walker Martin & Hatch.

Jack W. Martin and Hatch "left the fold" of Parry Romani DeConcini & Symms in 2002 "to team up with veteran telecom" lobbyist Laird Walker to form Walker Martin & Hatch, T.R. Goldman wrote January 8, 2003.

Hatch was at Parry Romani from approximately 1992-2001/2. "Before being hired at Parry and Romani, Scott Hatch, [41 in 2003], had finished college and worked as a government clerk in Washington. At Parry and Romani, he worked his way up to lobbyist." [1]

"As a young man out of junior college, Scott Hatch spent four years in the Senate Clerk's office, where, [Hatch] said, 'I would take microfiches back and forth' to committee offices'," Chuck Neubauer, Judy Pasternak and Richard T. Cooper wrote in the June 22, 2003, Los Angeles Times. "He left to finish college and then spent 10 years at Parry, Romani, where he answered the telephone, monitored legislation and watched congressional hearings on television — but refused to lobby, Romani said. The late Tom Parry had been one of his father's closest aides and friends."


Lobby-Free Zone

Cicero, "Lobby-Free Zone," To The People, January 3, 2006 (from CQ Weekly):

"If one Utah legislator gets his way, it will soon be illegal for cities and counties in Utah to hire people in DC to lobby Congress for federal pork. Not only will this save taxpayer money, it will put rascals, like U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch's son, out of business. ...
"One of the state’s best-heeled lobbyists is Scott Hatch, son of the state’s senior senator, Republican Orrin G. Hatch. The younger Hatch is a partner at Walker, Martin & Hatch ..."

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2000

  • Gail Russell Chaddock, "Profits, Politics, & A Drug Patent," Christian Science Monitor (Common Dreams), July 19, 2000: "One of those lobbying firms for Schering-Plough is Parry & Romani Associates Inc., headed by Thomas Parry, a former chief of staff in Hatch's Senate office. Scott Hatch, the senator's son, works as a researcher for the Parry firm, and has lobbied Congress on the Claritin issue. Rosche says: 'He [Scott Hatch] says that he is aware of the potential for conflict of interest, and so avoids as much as is practical going to meetings in the Senate.'"

2001

  • Holly Bailey, "Asbestos Lobbying and the Bankruptcy Bill," Open Secrets.org, February 26, 2001: "Construction and manufacturing interests spent millions last year pushing the legislation, while one leading supporter, the New Jersey-based GAF Corp, retained Scott Hatch, the son of Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), as one of its key lobbyists on behalf of the proposal."

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