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The Adams and Reese LLP Government Relations Team is a premier lobbying group in Alabama. Our team includes former members of the executive and legislative branches of government with over 80 years of combined experience working inside and outside of state and local government. We achieve success for our clients as a result of strong personal relationships that we maintain with government officials and leaders. Just as importantly, we know the processes and procedures of the executive and legislative branches inside and out.

We serve a diverse client base with interests ranging from healthcare, education, municipalities, non-profits, associations, manufacturing, defense, infrastructure, alcohol and hospitality.

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Mark Gaines Named to Alabama Today's 32 Powerful and Influential Alabamians to Know

"Mark Gaines has been around for decades, bringing a wealth of knowledge, decades-long relationships, and a positive attitude to the political arena in Alabama."


Southern Political Report - The South's Top Government Affairs Firms

"The law firm of Adams and Reese placed #1 in the states of Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee and also ranked in the top five in Mississippi and South Carolina.

Adams and Reese has a long-standing reputation as one of the region's most prominent Government Relations firms now with 16 offices in 15 markets across the Southern United States and Washington, D.C."

Mark Gaines lobbies at the local, state and federal level - in Alabama and Washington, D.C. - advising corporate clients on regulatory, legislative and economic development matters. His clients include companies in the telecommunications, road and bridge construction, infrastructure, financial, pharmaceutical, health care, alcohol, and defense industries as well as municipal governments and educational institutions. Having spent 15 years in state government and more than a decade providing government relations services, Mark has developed long-term personal and professional relationships with important decision makers at every level of government. He is skilled at building political coalitions to achieve client objectives.

Prior to joining Adams and Reese, Mark served as Probate Judge for Jefferson County and was elected to four terms in the Alabama House of Representatives. During his time in the legislature, he served on various legislative committees and commissions and served as the Republican Leader of the House and Chair of the House Republican Caucus. Mark has managed, consulted or counseled dozens of political campaigns, grassroots efforts and ballot initiatives, including races for Governor, U.S. Senate, judicial offices, and state legislative seats.

Prior to joining the firm, Mark was in private law practice concentrating in the areas of real estate, probate, wills, trusts and business entities. He tried many jury and non-jury cases to verdict in courts throughout Alabama.

Professional Affiliations & Memberships:
Alabama House of Representatives, Member, 1990-2005
Jefferson County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee, Vice Chair, 2004-2005
Jefferson County Coroner and Medical Examiner's Board, Member, 1998-2005
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Commissioner, 1994-2005
Probate Judge of Jefferson County, 2005-2007

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Clients:

1) Accelerate Learning, Inc.

2) American Medical Response

3) American Petroleum Institute

4) American Research and Policy Institute (ARPI)

5) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP and its Affiliates

6) Asurion

7) Bayer U.S. LLC

8) Beau Rivage Resorts, Inc.

9) BetterLesson

10) Capitol Resources LLC

11) Catapult Learning

12) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries

13) Cicero Action

14) Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC

15) Community Health Center Association of Mississippi, Inc.

16) Crooked Letter Picture Company

17) Data Recognition Corporation

18) Diamondhead Water & Sewer District

19) Drax Biomass Inc.

20) Equifax, Inc.

21) Ergon, Inc.

22) Ernst & Young LLP

23) Exxon Mobil Corporation

24) Fortinet, Inc.

25) Gainwell Holding Corp.

26) Gulf States Toyota, Inc.

27) Hazel Health

28) HB Strategies on behalf of Good Rx

29) Health Resources LLC

30) Horne LLP

31) IGT and Its Affiliates

32) Ingalls Shipbuilding

33) Intervest Corp.

34) Kansas City Southern Railroad Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific Kansas City and as CPKC, is wholly owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Kansas City Limited

35) Kohler Co.

36) LS Power Midcontinent, LLC

37) Madison County Board of Supervisors

38) McLANE COMPANY, INC.

39) MedeAnalytics

40) Medical Transportation Management, Inc.

41) MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.

42) Memorial Hospital at Gulfport

43) MetaMetrics, Inc.

44) Milliman, Inc.

45) Mississippi Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

46) Mississippi Association of REALTORS

47) Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians

48) Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board

49) Mississippi Consumer Finance Association

50) Mississippi Counseling Association

51) Mississippi Economic Council

52) Mississippi Economic Development Council, Inc.

53) Mississippi Healthcare Collaborative

54) Mississippi Optometric Association

55) Mississippi Orthopaedic Society

56) Mississippi Physicians Care Network

57) Mississippi Public Broadcasting Foundation

58) Mississippi Section, American College of Obstertricians & Gynecologists

59) Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure

60) MS Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs

61) NextEra Energy Resources, LLC

62) NOLA Education,LLC

63) Ochsner Health System

64) PATH Company LLC

65) Pine Gate Renewables LLC

66) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates

67) Reason Foundation

68) Regional Medical Center (Regional One Health)

69) Republic Services of MS / BFI Waste Services LLC

70) Samsara Inc.

71) Scholastic Inc

72) Secure Democracy USA And It's Affiliates

73) Sharecare

74) Singing River Health System

75) Southern Beverage Company, Inc.

76) Southern Renewable Energy Association

77) Spire Mississippi Inc.

78) State Shield Action

79) STChealth LLC

80) Stercus Bioanalytics, LLC

81) Teaching Strategies

82) The Learning Internet, Inc. DBA Learning.com

83) The University of Southern Mississippi

84) Thrivist

85) Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

86) Turo Inc.

87) Uber Technologies, Inc.

88) Unite USA Inc. (dba Unite Us)

89) Universal Health Services, Inc.

90) Wonderschool

91) Workday

92) yes. every. kid

93) Youth Villages