Editing Bob Dole (section)

===Employment===
After leaving office, Dole joined the Washington, D.C. firm Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, where he was a registered [[Lobbying|lobbyist]] on behalf of foreign governments (including those of [[Kosovo]], [[Taiwan]], and [[Slovenia]]); the [[American Society of Anesthesiologists]]; [[Tyco International]]; and the Chocolate Industry Coalition.<ref name="Sarasohn">{{Cite news|last=Sarasohn|first=Judy|date=February 12, 2003|title=Dole to Join Law Firm Based in Atlanta|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/02/12/dole-to-join-law-firm-based-in-atlanta/ed69d160-6218-46f9-93b3-00c40d13b5f0/|access-date=December 7, 2021|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> In 2003, after Verner, Liipfert was acquired by [[DLA Piper]],<ref name="Sarasohn"/><ref name="ABC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2003/02/10/daily33.html|access-date=December 7, 2021|work=[[The Business Journals]]|title = Bob Dole to join Alston & Bird|date = February 10, 2003}}</ref> Dole joined the Washington, D.C. [[law firm|law]] and [[lobbying]] firm [[Alston & Bird]], where he continued his lobbying career.<ref name="Overby">{{Cite news|title=Bob Dole Lobbied Trump Team On Outreach To Taiwan|language=en|publisher=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/12/07/504723698/bob-dole-lobbied-trump-team-on-outreach-to-taiwan|last=Overby|first=Peter|date=2016-12-07|access-date=December 7, 2021}}</ref><ref name="HirschfeldLipton">{{Cite news|last1=Davis|first1=Julie Hirschfeld|last2=Lipton|first2=Eric|date=December 6, 2016|title=Bob Dole Worked Behind the Scenes on Trump-Taiwan Call|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/us/politics/bob-dole-taiwan-lobby-trump.html|access-date=December 7, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> While working for Alston & Bird, Dole was registered as a foreign agent under the [[Foreign Agents Registration Act]] in order to represent the [[government of the Republic of China]] in Washington.<ref name="Overby"/><ref name="HirschfeldLipton"/>

Dole was head of the [[Federal City Council]], a group of business, civic, education, and other leaders interested in economic development in Washington, D.C., from 1998 to 2002.<ref>{{cite news|last=Roman|first=Dave|title=Dole Remains a Winner Despite Most-Notable Loss|work=Florida Times-Union|date=December 3, 1997|access-date=December 10, 2013|url=http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/120397/2b1Roman.html|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|last=Trescott|first=Jacqueline|title=Music Museum Proposed for D.C.|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 9, 1998|page=B1|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|last=Resnick|first=Amy B.|title=D.C. Mayor-Elect Williams Chooses Politically Connected Transition Team|work=The Bond Buyer|date=November 13, 1998|page=3|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|last1=Woodlee|first1=Yolanda|last2=Hsu|first2=Spencer|last3=Thomas-Lester|first3=Avis|title=Transition Grumbling|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 19, 1998|page=DC1|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|last=Clymer|first=Adam|title=Senator and Delegate Back Plan to Reopen Pennsylvania Avenue|work=The New York Times|date=September 26, 2000|access-date=November 27, 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/26/us/senator-and-delegate-back-plan-to-reopen-pennsylvania-avenue.html}}</ref>