Washington lawyers' advice to Silicon Valley: Don't sit on sideline

Three inside-the-Beltway Washington lawyers had some advice for Silicon Valley on Thursday: Get involved now. Three inside-the-Beltway Washington lawyers had some advice for Silicon Valley on Thursday: Get involved now. They said the valley should be selling itself as part of the solution to the country's many problems as the Obama administration tries to revive the economy and begins shaping its policies and priorities on issues ranging from energy to health care. If they kick back now that the election is over, the valley's tech industries will be trampled by competing interests, warned Reginald Brown, a lawyer with the national law firm WilmerHale's Washington office. "Silicon Valley is going to lose if it doesn't go to Washington," Brown said.