There were at least 146 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Reed Smith, LLP employees, 92.5 percent of which have gone to Democratic Party causes and candidates.
According to the Federal Elections Commission, donations made to political groups or candidates must be disclosed under state law for greater transparency in elections. In a study by opensecrets.org, they found the state with the highest percentage of contributions going to Democrats was Vermont with over 86-percent of the money going to Democratic candidates and committees. The most Republican-leaning state was Mississippi with over 71-percent of the money going to Republican candidates and committees.
Karl A. Thallner's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finello for Congress | Christina Finello | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Mad 4 Pa PAC | Madeleine Dean | Democratic Party | $500 |
Other donations by employees of Reed Smith, LLP
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Scott | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Carolyn Duronio | Conor Lamb | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Daniel I. Booker | - | $5,000 | |
| Glenn Mahone | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $3,600 |
| Richard Graham | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| Kurt Gwynne | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| James M. Beck | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,850 |
| Jason Hazlewood | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $2,799 |
| James M. Beck | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $2,750 |
| James M. Beck | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Dusty Kirk | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Daniel Booker | - | $2,500 | |
| Stephen Lyons III | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $2,250 |
| David Mcallister | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $2,250 |
| Michael Lowentein | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Michael Kostiew | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| David Cohen | - | $2,000 | |
| Daniel I. Booker | - | $2,000 | |
| Barbara Binis | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Barbara Binis | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Barbara Binis | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| James M. Beck | Kendra Horn | Democratic Party | $1,800 |
| James M. Beck | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $1,750 |
| James M. Beck | Abigail Spanberger | Democratic Party | $1,550 |
| Michael Lowentein | Conor Lamb | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Daniel I. Booker | - | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Anne Rollins | - | $1,365 | |
| Paul Didomenico | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| Joseph Lincoln | - | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| James Beck | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| Andrew Lacy | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| Ezekiel Rediker | Conor Lamb | Democratic Party | $1,200 |
| James M. Beck | Christina Finello | Democratic Party | $1,150 |
| Jonathan Maddison | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,140 |
| James M. Beck | Barbara Bollier | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| James M. Beck | Gina Ortiz Jones | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| James M. Beck | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| James Beck | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| James Beck | Elaine Luria | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| Kyle Bahr | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,010 |
| Samantha Rocchino | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Ryan Mccarthy | Conor Lamb | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Roberta Torian | - | $1,000 | |
| James M. Beck | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| James M. Beck | Marie Newman | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Eric Schaffer | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Dusty Elias Kirk | Michael F. Doyle Jr. | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Michael Jacobs | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $987 |
| James M. Beck | Susan Wild | Democratic Party | $950 |
| James M. Beck | Lucia Kay Mcbath | Democratic Party | $900 |
| Richard Graham | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $812 |
| James M. Beck | Hiral Vyas Tipirneni | Democratic Party | $800 |
| James M. Beck | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $800 |
| James M. Beck | Sharice Davids | Democratic Party | $750 |
| James M. Beck | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $750 |
| James M. Beck | Haley Stevens | Democratic Party | $750 |
| James Martin | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $700 |
| James M. Beck | Christy Smith | Democratic Party | $700 |
| James Beck | Andy Kim | Democratic Party | $700 |
| James Beck | - | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Blair Petrillo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $640 |
| Jonathan Maddison | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $600 |
| James M. Beck | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Kerry Halpern | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $515 |
| Robert Weyman | Rebecca Walker Grossman | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Patrick Emery | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Nicholas Rodriguez | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michael Lowenstein | Conor Lamb | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Leonard Bernstein | Mary Gay Scanlon | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kerry Halpern | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jay Glunt | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James M. Beck | Patricia Timmons-Goodson | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James M. Beck | Rebecca Michelle Sherrill | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James Beck | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James Beck | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James Beck | Xochitl Torres Small | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James Beck | Abby Finkenauer | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Fred Egler | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Devin Misour | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| David Fawcett | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Joseph Lincoln | Eugene Depasquale | Democratic Party | $450 |
| James Beck | Susie Lee | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Joseph Lincoln | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $400 |
| James M. Beck | Anthony Brindisi | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Kerry Halpern-Skoglund | - | Democratic Party | $350 |
| James M. Beck | Jill Darlyne Schupp | Democratic Party | $350 |
| James M. Beck | Margaret Elizabeth Rowell Good | Democratic Party | $350 |
| James M. Beck | Eugene Depasquale | Democratic Party | $350 |
| James M. Beck | Rita Hart | Democratic Party | $350 |
| James M. Beck | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | Democratic Party | $350 |
| James Beck | Eugene Depasquale | Democratic Party | $350 |
| James M. Beck | Daniel Mccready | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Timothy Johnson | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Thomas Allen | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Theodore Ross | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Scott Esterbrook | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ronald Hartman | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ronald Francis | Justin Amash | Republican Party | $250 |
| Peter Blasier | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Nicholas Rodriguez | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Luke Sizemore | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| James M. Beck | Michelle De La Isla | Democratic Party | $250 |
| James M. Beck | Joyce Ann Elliott | Democratic Party | $250 |
| James M. Beck | Carolyn N. Long | Democratic Party | $250 |
| James M. Beck | Kara Eastman | Democratic Party | $250 |
| James Beck | Kate Schroder | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ginevra Ventre | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Dusty Kirk | Thomas F. Brier Jr. | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Douglas Rosenblum | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Courtney Averbach | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Christine Maddison | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Zachary Bell | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $230 |
| Stephen Mcconnell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Deirdre Burke | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $218 |
| Claire Throckmorton | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $208 |
| William Sheridan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Joseph Lincoln | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| James M. Beck | Jared Golden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| James M. Beck | Tom O'Halleran | Democratic Party | $200 |
| James M. Beck | - | $200 | |
| James Beck | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Brandon Mickey | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Andrew Breidenbach | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Deirdre Burke | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $136 |
| Roberta Torian | - | $110 | |
| James M. Beck | Ben McAdams | Democratic Party | $100 |
| James M. Beck | Tom Malinowski | Democratic Party | $100 |
| James M. Beck | Carolyn Bourdeaux | Democratic Party | $100 |
| James M. Beck | Terrance John Cox | Democratic Party | $100 |
| James M. Beck | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $100 |
| James Beck | Alyse Galvin | Independent | $100 |
| James Beck | Daniel Feehan | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $100 |
| Conor Shaffer | Gerald Dickinson | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Blair Petrillo | Conor Lamb | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Andrew C. Episcopo | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $64 |
| Nicholas Bonarrigo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $52 |
| Scott Staszak | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Amy Sloan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Blair Petrillo | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $45 |
| Richard Graham | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $42 |
| Ronald Norton | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $32 |
| Deirdre Burke | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $18 |
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