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Government Strategies

McDermott’s Government Strategies Practice Group provides four distinct but often interrelated services:   We defend those subject to congressional, state legislature and government investigations, working closely with a crisis communications team unique among law firms.  We provide traditional government relations and lobbying services and government contract and procurement services.  The group offers well-developed strategies integrating legal, political and public relations considerations.  Unlike many traditional lobbying firms, however, McDermott’s government strategies practice also includes practicing lawyers—many with senior-level experience in state and federal government.  Furthermore, our lawyer lobbyists and non-lawyer lobbyist professionals offer clients something that most lobbying firms cannot:  the reassurance that their communications and advice will be protected, when appropriate, by the attorney-client privilege.

The experienced and creative advocates in McDermott’s government strategies practice have developed a strong record of success in representing clients.   We often partner with other McDermott lawyers who are deeply knowledgeable in specific areas—e.g., tax, trade, health care—to achieve client goals.  Our lawyers and professionals not only have mastered the complex, technical and procedural aspects of the legislative, regulatory and administrative policy-making process, but also have demonstrated time and again that they have the insight and strategic know-how to address and meet client needs.

Our team of more than 15 registered lobbyists includes individuals with decades of senior-level experience in all branches of federal and state government, as well as national media outlets.   Here are a few members of the team:

  • Stephen M. Ryan , a top litigator and lobbyist, who is the former general counsel of a full Senate committee and an assistant U.S. attorney
  • William F. Weld , the former two-term Republican governor of Massachusetts, who also served as head of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice
  • Eileen M. O’Connor , the former CNN bureau chief in Moscow and White House correspondent, who is a lawyer
  • David Ransom , the former senior communications and policy advisor to U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and also a lawyer
  • Calvin P. Johnson , a former AFL-CIO lobbyist and legislative consultant, who is a lawyer
  • Strategic partnership with Lanny J. Davis, former special counsel to President Clinton

Contacts

Government Strategies Client Services

McDermott Will & Emery

McDermott Will and Emery