Minikes heads the government affairs practice at this firm, which reported $2.5 million in lobby income in ’98. Minikes is a specialist in government contracting. He registered as a hired gun for 13 clients, including: Asea Brown Boveri Combustion Engineering Nuclear Operations, Suiza Foods, SPD Technologies and Metromachine Corp. During the Nixon administration, Minikes was a senior vice president of the federal Export-Import Bank. The Export-Import Bank doles out millions of dollars of corporate welfare to multinationals in the form of government-supported export credits.