Peter Madigan of Johnson Madigan was a trade official in the George H.W. Bush administration and has served as executive director of the Electronic Payments Coalition (EPC) - a trade association representing payment card networks, financial services companies, and financial services trade associations particularly interested in preventing the imposition of limits on "interchange fees," the fees charged by credit card companies to the merchants for each credit transaction.[1] Indeed, financial companies make up the plurality of his clientele, with recent clients including Deloitte & Touche, Charles Schwab, Bank of New York, Arthur Andersen and Accenture. Other corporate clients include Boeing, BellSouth and the Smokeless Tobacco Coalition.[2]
Madigan doesn't limit his lobbying to domestic clients. He represents the executive office of the ruler of Dubai, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. This last contract, intended to shore up the emirate's reputation after reports appeared about boy camel jockeys being enslaved in Dubai, was reported to be worth as much as $800,000.[3]
For a complete look at Peter Madigan's lobbying activities, please visit the non-partisan Center For Responsive Politics' money-in-politics database.