Carpi & Clay is a government relations firm with offices in Washington, DC and Sacramento, California.

In Washington, DC the firm does business as Carpi Clay & Smith, specializing in providing strategic counsel and implementing effective government relations programs at the federal level for over 25 years.

We take pride in understanding your unique needs and issues. We are informed advocates who develop communications and legislative strategies that advance successful public policy and business development agendas.

Our success as federal advocates is grounded in a straight-forward and transparent process of developing and implementing realistic strategic plans that embrace each client’s unique profile. Equally important is our desire to establish and maintain healthy communications that make you an integral part of the strategy and to ensure we are meeting your expectations.

We have broad experience in representing clients in transportation and infrastructure, natural resources, environmental regulation, public finance, healthcare, housing and community development, safety and security, education and international trade and commerce. Quite often it’s about acquiring designated federal funding for projects and programs. We have obtained millions in federal funding for our clients. But throughout our decades of experience, we have found sometimes it’s not all about the money. Often a legislative, regulatory or administrative change provides invaluable assistance to your policies, operations or activities.

We have many resources and contacts throughout Washington, DC in the legislative and executive branches, but we don’t name-drop. Throughout our careers and years of service on behalf of or as public officials ourselves, we have earned reputations as nonpartisan advocates for good government. Where we don’t have existing relationships, we develop and build them to support your needs. It is worth noting that our significant client accomplishments over the years have occurred under both Democratic and Republican majorities and presidents of both parties.

In the end, we are an engaged, hands-on team of professionals who value integrity, honesty and hard work.