At Brown Rudnick, our Government Law & Strategies team provides legal, political and strategic counsel to members of the private, public and non-profit sectors.

We help our clients strengthen their competitive profile by addressing and managing difficult challenges – such as potentially adverse decision-making by public agencies/officials, increasingly tightened regulatory and funding environments, and geographic expansion into new territories.

As advocates for our clients, we help protect and advance their interests with federal, state and local government entities. Applying a keen understanding of industry dynamics as well as the intricate balance of public-private interface, we navigate through the most complex politics and policies.

We advocate and lobby for our clients, when the timing is right and where the decisions are being made. With a clear understanding of the issues that affect our clients’ interests, we go to the centers of action:
 

•	Capitol Hill
•	Federal jurisdictions
•	State capitals across the country
•	Regional municipal centers
•	Executive and regulatory agencies.

 
As part of a 200-attorney international law firm and with a nationwide network of political contacts, we have the reach and the resources to identify and advance strategic opportunities.

A Powerhouse of Knowledge and Action

Established in 1991, our team is a bipartisan powerhouse of attorneys, Capitol Hill advocates and legislative specialists. Armed with insiders’ knowledge of the “how and why” of governmental and regulatory decision-making, our team actively monitors and participates in all stages of legislative and policy debate.

With a reputation for the ability to effect change, our government group delivers an impressive profile.

Our team includes prominent figures in national, regional and state government including former: chiefs of staff for senior US Senators; Presidential, House and Senate campaign committee advisors and fundraisers; senior staff members for state governors; a member of a Presidential Inaugural Committee; presidential appointee to serve as Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs at the Food & Drug Administration; policy advisor at the US Department of Energy; Connecticut Speaker of the House, who is an active member of the National Speakers Association; press secretary to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino; and Chairman of the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy.

We hold key positions in community and civic organizations. Our team includes a former Chairman of the United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad; co-chair of the City of Boston’s Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration; Board Director for Running Start, a non-profit dedicated to encouraging young high school girls towards political leadership and active political participation; and a lecturer at the Library of Congress.

Further enhancing this team’s leadership strength, our team comprises the General Counsel of the Rhode Island Bankers Association and senior legislative aides in advisory roles in federal and state government, as well as veteran administration and state lobbyists.

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