There were at least 130 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Shearman & Sterling, LLP employees, 90 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.
Matthew Collins' contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Ryan for America | Timothy J. Ryan | Democratic Party | $8,400 |
| Max Rose for Congress | Max Rose | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
Other donations by employees of Shearman & Sterling, LLP
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart J. Baskin | - | Democratic Party | $15,000 |
| Stephen Fishbein | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $8,400 |
| Kirsten Cunha | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $7,220 |
| Antonia E. Stolper | - | Democratic Party | $6,000 |
| Matthew Craner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Hesung Bang | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Adam Hakki | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $5,300 |
| Stuart Baskin | - | Democratic Party | $5,000 |
| Stuart Baskin | - | $5,000 | |
| John Nathanson | Dana Balter | Democratic Party | $3,300 |
| Adam Hakki | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| Stuart Baskin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Henry Weisburg | Bridget Fleming | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Brian Polovoy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Barbara Krauss | Ritchie John Torres | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Antonia Stolper | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Laura Hastings | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $2,130 |
| Daniel Sugar | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,126 |
| Stuart Baskin | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Kenneth Kramer | Daniel Mccready | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Katie Butler | - | $2,000 | |
| Alyssa Cowley | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,750 |
| Katie Butler | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $1,712 |
| Matthew Katie Craner | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Rashida Brown | Jamaal Bowman | Democratic Party | $1,285 |
| Susan Ma | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $1,158 |
| Stuart Baskin | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Stuart Baskin | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Stuart Baskin | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Stuart Baskin | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Stuart Baskin | William Floyd Weld | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Samuel Vitello | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Patricia Hammes | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Maura Osullivan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Mark Chorazak | - | $1,000 | |
| Kirsten Cunha | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Henry Weisburg | Perry Gershon | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Henry Weisburg | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Daniel Sugar | - | $1,000 | |
| Colin T. Vaughn-Casey | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Adam Hakki | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Jackson Murley | Ritchie John Torres | Democratic Party | $900 |
| Jerry Fortinsky | Eliot L. Engel | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Kirsten Cunha | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Katie Butler | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Solomon Noh | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Noah Hummel-Hall | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Joshua Press | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $564 |
| Colin Vaughn-Casey | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $547 |
| Linda Rappaport | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $540 |
| Daniel Kahn | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $530 |
| Timothy Oyen | Kyrsten Sinema | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Stuart Fleischmann | - | $500 | |
| Sara Coelho | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Ryan Martin-Patterson | Christy Smith | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Ryan Martin-Patterson | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Patricia Hammes | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kirsten Cunha | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $500 |
| John Nathanson | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $500 |
| John Nathanson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Gregory Tan | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Alyssa Cowley | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Alyssa Cowley | Lindsey Boylan | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Alicia Bisnauth | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $408 |
| Robin Powel | - | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Robert Powel | - | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Kenneth Laverriere | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Gregory Tan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Adam Goldstein | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Robert Mundheim | Margaret Wood Hassan | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Daniel Sugar | Jay R. Inslee | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Alyssa Cowley | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Mark Chorazak | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $344 |
| Samuel Breitbart | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $274 |
| Katherine Wright | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $270 |
| Patricia Hammes | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $269 |
| Sara Coelho | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ryan Martin-Patterson | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ryan Martin-Patterson | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ryan Martin-Patterson | Lucia Kay Mcbath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Robert Oleary | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Nina Sheth | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ned Schodek | - | $250 | |
| Laura Hastings | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kelsey Scribner | - | $250 | |
| John Nathanson | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jerry Fortinsky | Allison Harris Fine | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jerry Fortinsky | William Floyd Weld | Republican Party | $250 |
| Jeremy W. Dickens | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Grace Jamgochian | - | $250 | |
| Dillon Smith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Sugar | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Sugar | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Sugar | Barbara Bollier | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Sugar | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Sugar | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Sugar | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Sugar | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Sugar | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Sugar | Michael Espy | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Sugar | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Sugar | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Sugar | Al Gross | Independent | $250 |
| Daniel S. Sugar | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Alexandro Padres | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Alexandro M. Padres | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Alexandro M. Padres | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Katie Butler | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Ryan Martin-Patterson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $218 |
| Horton Mckinney | - | $182 | |
| Benjamin Klebanoff | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Adam Goldstein | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Lara Aryani | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $131 |
| Robert Mundheim | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Joshua Ebersole | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Rashida Brown | Jamaal Bowman | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Derek Kershaw | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Noah Hummel-Hall | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Michael Daly | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Darriel Flowers | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Patrick Teubner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $45 |
| J. Kapp | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $45 |
| Christian Vazquez | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $45 |
| Nancy Tetreaux | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Michael Daly | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Stephen Ross | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Katie Butler | - | $25 | |
| Samuel Breitbart | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $12 |
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