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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) Assured Guaranty Inc.

5) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP and its Affiliates

6) Asurion

7) BDO Government Services, LLC

8) Beau Rivage Resorts, Inc.

9) BetterLesson

10) Bitcoin Depot

11) Caertwheel Care, Inc.

12) CAG Holdings, Inc. LLC, a Carlyle Company Company Name

13) Capitol Resources LLC

14) Catapult Learning

15) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries

16) Cicero Action

17) Community Health Center Association of Mississippi, Inc.

18) Data Recognition Corporation

19) Diamondhead Water & Sewer District

20) Drax Group

21) Equifax, Inc.

22) Ergon, Inc.

23) Ernst & Young LLP

24) Exxon Mobil Corporation

25) Fortinet, Inc.

26) Gainwell Holding Corp.

27) Google LLC and its Affiliates

28) Gulf States Toyota, Inc.

29) Hazel Health

30) HB Strategies on behalf of Good Rx

31) Health Resources LLC

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) Madison County Board of Supervisors

36) McLANE COMPANY, INC.

37) MedeAnalytics

38) Medical Transportation Management, Inc.

39) MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.

40) Memorial Hospital at Gulfport

41) MGM Resorts International

42) Mississippi Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

43) Mississippi Association of REALTORS

44) Mississippi Association of Self-Insurers

45) Mississippi Business Alliance

46) Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians

47) Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board

48) Mississippi Consumer Finance Association

49) Mississippi Counseling Association

50) Mississippi Economic Development Council, Inc.

51) Mississippi Healthcare Collaborative

52) Mississippi Optometric Association

53) Mississippi Orthopaedic Society

54) Mississippi Physicians Care Network

55) Mississippi Public Broadcasting Foundation

56) Mississippi Section, American College of Obstertricians & Gynecologists

57) Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure

58) Money Service Business Association, Inc.

59) MS Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs

60) NextEra Energy Resources, LLC

61) NOLA Education,LLC

62) Ochsner Health System

63) OneImaging

64) Panorama Education, Inc.

65) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates

66) Reason Foundation

67) Regional Medical Center (Regional One Health)

68) Republic Services of MS / BFI Waste Services LLC

69) Safety and Advocacy for Empowerment (SAFE) Coalition

70) Samsara Inc.

71) Scholastic Inc

72) SecurityScorecard, Inc.

73) Sharecare

74) Singing River Health System

75) SitelogIQ LLC

76) Southern Beverage Company, Inc.

77) Southern Renewable Energy Association

78) Spire Mississippi Inc.

79) State Shield Action

80) STChealth LLC

81) Stercus Bioanalytics, LLC

82) Teaching Strategies

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

84) The Magee Foundation

85) The University of Southern Mississippi

86) Thrivist

87) Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

88) Turo Inc.

89) Twenty Labs, LLC dba Healthy Together

90) Uber Technologies, Inc.

91) Unite USA Inc. (dba Unite Us)

92) Universal Health Services, Inc.

93) Vulcan Technologies, Inc

94) Wayne Halfway House, Inc.

95) Wonderschool

96) Workday

97) yes. every. kid

98) Youth Villages