Ivan Adler is a recruiter — one of the top in D.C. — who specializes in plucking lawmakers and staffers off the Hill or elsewhere in government and placing them into jobs on K Street. | POLITICO Illustration/ Photo by CQ Roll Call via AP ImagesIvan Adler is nothing if not self-aware. Sitting down at an Irish gastro pub located just a few miles outside Washington, D.C.’s confines, he wore a black and white T-shirt that got straight to the point:Adler, 56, is not in fact a lobbyist.
“Somebody’s gotta do it. It might as well be me,” he said. “I used to laugh when I walk into, like, the bar in Capital Grille, and there were people that know me and are working with me to find a job that, like, don’t wave at me or talk to me when I’m there because they don’t want other people there to know that they’re looking.”K Street, known as a center for lobbyists, lawyers and think tanks, is pictured on May 3, 2018. | J.
“He’s part of the swamp, right? He’s part of the, he’s part of the crew,” said Ivan Zapien, a partner and lobbyist at Hogan Lovells. He called Adler a personal “career rabbi” who helped him land at his current firm. The two used to grab lunches at the Palm while Zapien was a Democratic Hill staffer, and chat about his potential exit. Adler, he maintained, does not convince people to leave the Hill; rather, he “facilitates” their departure.
It can be difficult at times to figure out where the projection ends and the reality begins. Adler is a perpetual name dropper. He referred to Sheldon Adelson, the deceased Republican mega-donor, as “Shelly,” and boasted of a client list that includes dozens members of Congress. And yet, lawmakers who responded to requests for comment from POLITICO did confirm many of his assertions. The list of congressional alums whom he has advised or placed at firms include former Sen.
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Is there a suit shop on K Street that sells this look or something? Did Jack Abramoff start a menswear line?
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