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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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(Mississippi)
Clients:

1) Accelerate Learning, Inc.

2) American Medical Response

3) American Petroleum Institute

4) American Research and Policy Institute (ARPI)

5) Assured Guaranty Inc.

6) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP and its Affiliates

7) Asurion

8) Bayer U.S. LLC

9) Beau Rivage Resorts, Inc.

10) BetterLesson

11) Caertwheel Care, Inc.

12) Capitol Resources LLC

13) Catapult Learning

14) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries

15) Cicero Action

16) Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC

17) Community Health Center Association of Mississippi, Inc.

18) Crooked Letter Picture Company

19) Data Recognition Corporation

20) Diamondhead Water & Sewer District

21) Drax Group

22) Equifax, Inc.

23) Ergon, Inc.

24) Ernst & Young LLP

25) Exxon Mobil Corporation

26) Fortinet, Inc.

27) Gainwell Holding Corp.

28) Gulf States Toyota, Inc.

29) Hazel Health

30) HB Strategies on behalf of Good Rx

31) Health Resources LLC

32) Horne LLP

33) IGT and Its Affiliates

34) Ingalls Shipbuilding

35) Intervest Corp.

36) 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

37) Kohler Co.

38) LS Power Midcontinent, LLC

39) Madison County Board of Supervisors

40) McLANE COMPANY, INC.

41) MedeAnalytics

42) Medical Transportation Management, Inc.

43) MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.

44) Memorial Hospital at Gulfport

45) MetaMetrics, Inc.

46) Milliman, Inc.

47) Mississippi Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

48) Mississippi Association of REALTORS

49) Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians

50) Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board

51) Mississippi Consumer Finance Association

52) Mississippi Counseling Association

53) Mississippi Economic Council

54) Mississippi Economic Development Council, Inc.

55) Mississippi Healthcare Collaborative

56) Mississippi Optometric Association

57) Mississippi Orthopaedic Society

58) Mississippi Physicians Care Network

59) Mississippi Public Broadcasting Foundation

60) Mississippi Section, American College of Obstertricians & Gynecologists

61) Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure

62) MS Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs

63) NextEra Energy Resources, LLC

64) NOLA Education,LLC

65) Ochsner Health System

66) OneImaging

67) PATH Company LLC

68) Pine Gate Renewables LLC

69) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates

70) Reason Foundation

71) Regional Medical Center (Regional One Health)

72) Republic Services of MS / BFI Waste Services LLC

73) Samsara Inc.

74) Scholastic Inc

75) Secure Democracy USA And It's Affiliates

76) SecurityScorecard, Inc.

77) Sharecare

78) Singing River Health System

79) Southern Beverage Company, Inc.

80) Southern Renewable Energy Association

81) Spire Mississippi Inc.

82) State Shield Action

83) STChealth LLC

84) Stercus Bioanalytics, LLC

85) Teaching Strategies

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

87) The University of Southern Mississippi

88) Thrivist

89) Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

90) Turo Inc.

91) Uber Technologies, Inc.

92) Unite USA Inc. (dba Unite Us)

93) Universal Health Services, Inc.

94) Wayne Halfway House, Inc.

95) Wonderschool

96) Workday

97) yes. every. kid

98) Youth Villages