Capitol Gains Rick Spees Book

About Rick

Author | Attorney | Lobbyist with 40+ Years of Experience in DC Politics

Richard (Rick) Spees is an attorney and author. He has spent over 40 years in Washington serving on the staff of the US Senate and as an attorney and lobbyist. He has contributed to various publications such as Law360 and The Washington Post. In 2022, Spees authored "Capitol Gains," a best-selling fiction novel.

Legal Background

Prior to private practice, Rick served in a number of positions in the U.S. Senate, including three years as the staff director and chief counsel of the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary, and Related Agencies. He also served on the Senate Judiciary Committee and as a legislative assistant for Senator Paul Laxalt (R-Nevada).

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Capitol Gains

Spees’ debut novel from 2022 revolves around Richard Brewster, a young associate at a prominent law firm in the Beltway. In a moment of ennui, he fabricates a fictitious client. This deception spirals into an journey marked by exhilarating successes and dramatic downfalls, offering a satirical glimpse into the worlds of law and politics.

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  • "Capitol Gains is a very funny novel. Rick Spees has taken his decades of lobbying experience to create a lovable but corrupt lobbyist in Richard Brewster - ambitious, willing to bend a few rules, never telling a direct lie but never quite conveying the whole truth, fast and loose with money. It all goes quite well until Brewster is on top of the world. Then reality sets in. I couldn’t put it down until I saw how Brewster survived his roller coaster ride."

    BUDDY DYER | Mayor of Orlando, Florida

  • "Rick Spees’ novel will have you laughing out loud--while you marvel at this riveting inside story of the incredible ways in which Washington really works. It would be hard to find a more sympathetic scam artist than Richard Brewster, or a better guide to the murky world of lobbyist and legislators that inhabit our capital city. I don’t think I’ve ever learned so much about the world of politics while having so much fun!"

    LEONARDO A. VILLALON | Professor of Political Science at The University of Florida

  • "With his spellbinding novel Capitol Gains, Rick Spees invites us into a world of intrigue and touching human drama: Washington D.C. The protagonist, a delightful family man and rising star lobbyist becomes obsessed with desire to enrich himself in a forbidden way, and his story is captivating. A gifted craftsman, Spees is a skilled storyteller whose novel takes direct aim at the foibles of human conduct. In Capitol Gains he effectively combines the darkly humorous, tender and sensual to create a memorable satire. Suspense builds throughout the novel, but there is never a clue to the denouement – until you get there, and the arrival will not disappoint."

    RAY CARSON RUSSELL | Author of Philurius College Blues

  • "Readers who want to know how Washington really works will turn to Capital Gains, the new novel from the amazing imagination of Rick Spees. Here a highly experienced, but bored, DC lobbyist, invents Citizens Against Tax Injustice (CATI) which becomes the basis for a real-sounding story about the highest levers of government, even though the whole thing may be just a sexy charade. As a Washington veteran myself, an inveterate reader, I became an increasingly hooked believer and you will too."

    BARRY JAGODA | Author of Journeys with Jimmy Carter and Other Adventures in the Media

  • "If you have ever wondered how Washington, DC really works and suspect that the federal government is broken, you do not want to miss this read. In Capitol Gains, Rick Spees has created a fascinating story about a lobbyist and his imaginative plan to climb to the top of his profession. This hilariously disturbing plot kept me reading, laughing until the end and hungry for more. Buy the book. You’ll enjoy it immensely…and unlike CATI, that’s no scam."

    JOHN J JESSOP | Author, Pleasuria: Take as Directed, Murder by Road Trip, The Realtor’s Curse, Guardian Angel: Unforgiven, Guardian Angel, Indoctrination

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