Proactive, thoughtful, ethical and experienced multistate government affairs counsel
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Michael Cassidy is a senior vice president in the state government relations group working out of the Chicago and Springfield offices. Michael advises clients before Congress, the Illinois General Assembly and various local, county and municipal governments.
He provides counsel in regards to executive & legislative affairs, coalition development, crisis communications, media relations, and strategic communications. Recently, Michael played a major role in the 2010 primary and general re-election of Illinois Governor Pat Quinn.
Prior to joining the firm, Michael built a robust network of contacts working as a senior member of Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan's legislative staff. In that position, he coordinated legislative agendas and media relations for members of the Democratic caucus. Michael also possesses substantial campaign experience having served in various supervisory roles on municipal, county, state and statewide campaigns. Working for the Democratic Party of Illinois, he was responsible for the advancement of Democratic candidates through grassroots organizing, strategic fundraising, message development, field coordination, and crisis management, direct mail campaigns, earned, and paid media.
2) AAR CORP
3) ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY, INC.
4) AT&T ILLINOIS AND ITS AFFILIATES
6) BROKERS' RISK PLACEMENT SERVICE, INC.
8) CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
9) CHARGEPOINT
10) CHICAGO ROCKFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
11) CIOX HEALTH, LLC
12) CITY OF ROCKFORD
13) CME GROUP, INC.
16) ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION
17) GHOST MANAGEMENT GROUP DBA WEEDMAPS
18) GIFT OF HOPE ORGAN & TISSUE DONOR NETWORK
19) GROUPON
20) ILLINOIS RAILROAD ASSOCIATION
21) ILLINOIS STUDENT ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
22) INTUIT
23) KALEO, INC.
25) LIBERTY DENTAL PLAN CORPORATION
26) MAXIMUS, INC.
27) MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT, INC.
28) METRA
29) MIDWEST GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT, LLC
30) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ENERGY SERVICE
32) NEW VENTURE FUND
33) NICUSA, INC.
34) ODS TECHNOLOGIES, L. P. D/B/A TVG NETWORK
35) PHANTOM FIREWORKS SHOWROOMS LLC
36) QUALITY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, LLC
37) ROCKFORD BOARD OF ELECTIONS
38) ROCKFORD MASS TRANSIT DISTRICT
39) ROCKFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT 205
42) SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION
43) STEPAN COMPANY
15-20 years
Member of the national council of state legislatures
300 Tingey St, Suite 202, Washington DC, DC, 20004,
1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC, 20006-4623,
(850) 222-8900
204 S Monroe St, Tallahassee, FL, 32301,
1) AAR Corp
4) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
5) Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC
6) AppleOne Employment Services | All's Well Health Care Services
7) Associated Industries of Florida
8) AT&T
9) Binti, Inc.
10) BlueGreen US Water Technologies, INC
11) BlueVoyant
13) Brooksville RX
14) Caterpillar c/o MultiState Associates Inc.
15) CDS Housing
16) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries
17) Centennial Management Corp.
18) Central Florida Gaming, LLC
19) CHSPSC, LLC
20) Citrus County Board of County Commissioners
21) City of Ocala
22) Cleveland Clinic Florida Health System Nonprofit Corporation
23) Conquest Cyber
26) Endeavors
27) Environmental Defense Fund
28) Everglades Glades College Inc. dba Keiser University
29) FEI Systems
31) Florida Carpenters Regional Council
32) Florida Hospital Association
34) Hologic
35) Jabil Inc
36) JetBlue Airways Corporation
37) LeadsOnline, LLC
40) LivaNova, PLC
41) Marriott International, Inc
42) Medallion Home
44) Millennium Physician Group LLC
46) Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners
47) OpenAI
48) Palladium Investment Partners, LLC
49) Pasco County Board of County Commissioners
50) PayIt, LLC
54) Reinsurance Association of America
55) RIDA Realty Investments Corporation
56) Rising Phoenix Holdings Company
57) RSM US LLP
58) Rubrik, Inc.
59) SediVision
64) TechNet
65) TECO Energy, Inc
66) The Battles End
67) U.S. Submergent Technologies, LLC
69) VSP Vision Inc. c/o MultiState Associates
70) WANRack, LLC
71) Waymo LLC
74) Workday
75) WW Grainger Inc
7733989292
2242 RIDGE AVE, EVANSTON, IL, 60201,
1) AAR CORP
2) AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PENSION PROFESSIONALS & ACTUARIES
3) AUCTION.COM
4) CHICAGO ROCKFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
8) CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, INC.
9) DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES, INC.
12) GEOZONING INC D/B/A HEALTHSHERPA
13) HUMANA, INC.
7084086560
2242 RIDGE AVE, EVANSTON, IL, 60201,
1) AAR CORP
2) AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PENSION PROFESSIONALS & ACTUARIES
3) AUCTION.COM
4) CHICAGO ROCKFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
8) CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, INC.
9) DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES, INC.
12) GEOZONING INC D/B/A HEALTHSHERPA
13) HUMANA, INC.
1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC, 20006-4623,
2024086923
1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC, 20006-4623,
1) AAR Corp.
4) Allison Transmission Incorporated
6) Beecher Emission Solution Technologies, LLC d/b/a Ward Diesel
8) Board of Commissioners of Allen County
9) Board of Commissioners of Shelby County, Indiana
10) City of Evansville, Indiana
11) City of Fishers
12) CityBus aka Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation
14) Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana, Inc.
15) DAQRI
17) Dry Prairie Rural Water Authority
18) Duracell Distributing, Inc.
20) Falck USA
21) Global Tel*Link Corporation
22) Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana, Inc.
23) Hamilton County Board of Commissioners
24) Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County
27) KSM Consulting
29) Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota
30) Lyft, Inc.
31) Lyten, Inc.
32) Mercantile Capital Corporation
35) Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
36) MPI Corporation
37) National Candle Association
38) Perdoceo Education Corporation (f/k/a Career Education Corporation)
39) QHCCS, LLC
42) Specialty Equipment Market Association
44) Superior Air Ground Ambulance Service, Inc.
47) Tile Council of North America
48) Town of Munster
49) U.S. Fashion Industry Association
50) Village of Glenview, Illinois
52) Zotec Partners
(850) 222-8900
204 S Monroe St, Tallahassee, FL, 32301,
1) AAR Corp
3) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
5) Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC
6) AppleOne Employment Services | All's Well Health Care Services
7) Associated Industries of Florida
8) AT&T
9) Binti, Inc.
10) BlueGreen US Water Technologies, INC
11) BlueVoyant
12) Caterpillar c/o MultiState Associates Inc.
13) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries
14) CHSPSC, LLC
15) Citrus County Board of County Commissioners
16) City of Ocala
17) Civix
18) Cleveland Clinic Florida Health System Nonprofit Corporation
19) Conquest Cyber
22) Florida Carpenters Regional council
24) IBM
26) Independent Colleges & Universities of Florida, Inc
27) Jabil Inc
30) Marriott International, Inc
33) Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners
34) OpenAI
35) Pasco County Board of County Commissioners
36) PayIt, LLC
39) Reinsurance Association of America
40) Rubrik, Inc.
42) SediVision
47) TechNet
48) TECO Energy, Inc
49) The Battles End
50) The Florida Bar
51) The Florida Bar, Tax Section
52) U.S. Submergent Technologies, LLC
55) WW Grainger Inc
5188102468
300 Tingey St, Suite 202, Suite 202, Washington DC, DC, 20004,
1) AAR Corp.
2) Aiteo Group
3) Alibaba Group Holding Limited
4) AltaMed Health Services Corporation
5) American Public University System
7) Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina
11) Chambers County Improvement District No. 1
13) City of Newark Office of the Mayor Dept of Admin
14) Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation "Tribes"
16) Eastern District of Texas Bar Association
17) Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.
18) Fluidigm
22) Hackensack Meridian Health Network
26) International Franchise Association
27) Laboratory Products Association
30) Molecular Testing Laboratories
31) Morris Kearney Associates LLC
32) National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
33) New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation
34) Nolan Thompson & Leighton, PLC
36) Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission
37) Paul Hastings LLP on the behalf of Illumina
38) Placquemines Port Harbor And Terminal District
39) Primerica, Inc.
40) Ready Responders
42) Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority East
43) Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation
45) Thoma -Sea Marine Constructors, LLC
48) X Labs
49) YCI Methanol One, LLC (f/k/a Yuhuang Chemical Inc.)
50) Zero to Three
2023292822
1100 North Wood Dale Road, Wood Dale, IL, 60191,
1) AAR CORP.