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PETER GLEASON

(Pennsylvania)

Mr. Gleason concentrates his practice as Pennsylvania and federal legislative and regulatory policy counsel. Building on his experience with the Office of the Governor in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the United States Congress, and nearly 20 years in private practice, Mr. Gleason possesses a depth of understanding of the legislative and administrative processes, and an insider's view of the political considerations and other motivations that drive those processes. He currently represents a diverse client base, including prominent leaders within industries such as: manufacturing, rail freight transportation, natural gas production, energy policy, financial services, emerging growth and high tech, health care and retail. Mr. Gleason has also advised Governors, legislative leaders and committee chairs on political and policy matters.

Oil & Gas Legislative and Regulatory Policy: Representing several natural gas producers operating within the Marcellus Shale on legislative and regulatory policy matters pending within the PA General Assembly and numerous regulatory agencies with oversight for Marcellus Shale activities.

Competitive Industrial Electric Rates: Assisted large manufacturing clients in enacting legislation permitting large industrial customers to negotiate competitive rates with incumbent electric utilities, paving the way for significant, historic capital investments by those customers
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Economic Development Incentives: Secured tens of millions of economic incentives for clients seeking to make large capital investment and significantly increase jobs in the Commonwealth, including grants and low interest loans, transportation assistance, rail capital and community development funds.

Business Tax Reform: Successfully led a large coalition of manufacturers and high/bio tech companies to secure dramatic statutory changes in Pennsylvania's Corporate Net Income Tax structure that had penalized companies for increased capital and employee investment in the Commonwealth.

Tax Free Zones: Successfully assisted large manufacturing client with the enactment of legislation creating several state and local tax free zones throughout Pennsylvania to facilitate business expansion and relocation.

Civil Justice Reform: Successfully represented several clients in passing legislation repealing the doctrine of joint & several liability in Pennsylvania.

Procurement Bid Protests: Managed several, successful bid protests on behalf of clients that wanted to pursue a protest without jeopardizing agency relationships.

Health Care: In separate matters, successfully represented several hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry in reversing or mitigating proposed agency recommendations that would have caused significant harm to those clients.

Mr. Gleason joined K&L Gates in 2002. Prior to joining K&L Gates, Mr. Gleason served in Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker's Cabinet as Secretary for Legislative Affairs. In that capacity, he advised the Governor, the Governor's senior staff and fellow cabinet secretaries on legislative, regulatory and policy matters affecting all agencies under the governor's jurisdiction. On his departure from state government, Governor Schweiker had this to say about Mr. Gleason:

"Pete Gleason has been a vital advisor to me, and a trusted liaison with the General Assembly. He helped my Administration win passage of many historic pieces of legislation, including reforms to Pennsylvania's Medical Malpractice and Joint and Several Liability laws, not to mention the 2002-03 Budget – one of the most difficult budgets in Commonwealth history."

From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Gleason had served as deputy secretary for legislative affairs with the office of the governor in Pennsylvania. He worked with former Governor Tom Ridge until his appointment as director of Homeland Security.

During his tenure with the office of the governor, as the Governor's liaison to Pennsylvania General Assembly legislative leaders and committee chairs, Mr. Gleason played an integral role in the enactment of the following legislative initiatives:
The 2002-03 General Fund Budget (in the wake of a structural deficit in excess of $1.4 billion dollars).
All legislative tax policy matters; including several significant amendments to the Public Utility Realty Tax Act (PURTA), changes to the Corporate Net Income Tax (CNIT), the phase-out of the Capitol Stock and Franchise Tax (CSFT) and changes to the state Sales Tax.
The creation and expansion of Keystone Opportunity Zones (KOZ), Enhancement Zones (KOEZ) and Improvement Zones (KOIZ).
Historic reforms to Pennsylvania's Medical Malpractice and Joint and Several Liability laws.
The enactment of the Commonwealth's Procurement Code.
Natural Gas Deregulation.
The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Land Use Reform ("Growing Smarter").
The Environmental Stewardship Act ("Growing Greener").
The Uniform Construction Code.
Workers' Compensation Reform.

Mr. Gleason's past positions also include director of legislative affairs at the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, special projects director to the Republican Leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and special assistant to former United States Senator John Heinz.
In 2008, the Pennsylvania Report named Mr. Gleason as one of Pennsylvania's "Top 100 Most Influential People," in a list comprised of the 100 people most likely to have an impact on government and politics in Pennsylvania in 2008. In a 2004 poll conducted with state legislators, staff, lobbyists and other state policy stakeholders, he was named as "Most Effective Lobbyist" in Pennsylvania. Mr. Gleason was recently honored by the Pennsylvania Law Weekly and the Legal Intelligencer as one of forty lawyers under forty "On the Fast Track" for his work at K&L Gates and in the office of the governor.

BRIAN BALLARD

(Federal)
  • 601 Thirteenth St, NWSuite 450 NWashingtonDC20005

Clients:

1) Africell Holding

2) Alden Torch Financial, LLC

3) Amazon.com

4) American Health Care Association

5) American Road & Transportation Builders Association

6) Andrew Lee

7) Asset Investment Group LLC

8) Atlantic Sapphire, USA, LLC

9) Automated HealthCare Solutions

10) Aviator Capital Management, LLC

11) Bellini Better World Foundation

12) BeSafe Industries, LLC

13) Blue Skies Aerospace Group

14) Boxercraft, Inc.

15) Broward College Foundation

16) Caplin Family Offices

17) Capture Collective, Inc.

18) Carbonfund.org Foundation

19) CBI Acquisitions, LLC

20) Children's Hospital Association

21) Citizens for a Secure and Safe America

22) Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES)

23) City of Jacksonville

24) City of Miami Beach, Florida

25) City of Pensacola

26) City of Winter Haven

27) CKP a division of Brown and Brown Florida Inc.

28) Clarity Value

29) Colonial Management Group, LP

30) Contura, Inc.

31) Curative, Inc.

32) Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, Inc.

33) Detroit International Bridge Company, Inc.

34) Dish Network, LLC

35) DraftKings, Inc.

36) Eagle LNG Partners LLC

37) F.E.B. Corp.

38) FanDuel, Inc.

39) FarmaceuticalRX of PA, LLC

40) Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company

41) Flagler Health+

42) Friends of Miami Dade College

43) G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc.

44) General Motors LLC

45) Getaround, Inc.

46) HRB Tax Group, Inc. (formerly known as H&R Block, Inc.)

47) iCare.com LLC

48) IMPACT

49) International Atlantic, LLC

50) Jacksonville Port Authority (previously through Alcalde & Fay)

51) JDR Management LLC

52) Jiko Technologies, Inc.

53) KRA Management LLC

54) Kreindler & Kreindler LLP (for certain plaintiffs in "9/11" litigation)

55) Laboratory Corporations of America Holdings

56) Lake Cumberland Marina LLC

57) Lakeside Bluffs Group LLC

58) Leonardo DRS, Inc.

59) Major League Baseball

60) Mark43, Inc.

61) Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc.

62) MCI, LC

63) Miami-Dade County Public Schools

64) Millennium Physician Group LLC

65) Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.

66) Nanobiosym Diagnostics, Inc.

67) NextEra Energy, Inc./Florida Power and Light Company

68) North Broward Hospital District d/b/a Broward Health

69) NOVA Southeastern University

70) Okaloosa County, FL

71) On Demand Holdings, Inc.

72) Orchestra Technology, Inc.

73) Origin Logistics, LLC

74) Orsted Wind Power North America LLC (formerly known as North East Offshore, LLC)

75) Paul M. Harden (on behalf of the City of Jacksonville)

76) Pernod Ricard USA., LLC

77) Potomac Center North, Inc.

78) Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County (on behalf of Jackson Health Systems)

79) Public Utility District No.1 of Douglas County

80) Pulaski Law Firm, PLLC (on behalf of Business Interruption Group)

81) RAI Services Company (FKA- RAISC)

82) Reef Global, Inc.

83) Renew Financial Group LLC

84) Republic Services Procurement, Inc.

85) RIL USA

86) RocketVax AG

87) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

88) Saint Leo University

89) Seal Shield, LLC

90) Sentry Data Systems

91) SharkNinja Operating LLC

92) SI Group Client Services

93) Singani 63

94) Sky Boat LLC

95) Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC

96) Standard Industries

97) Swire Properties, Inc.

98) Tampa General Hospital

99) Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority

100) The Boeing Company

101) The Geo Group, Inc

102) The Mosaic Company

103) Trulieve

104) U.S Sugar Corporation

105) University of Miami

106) USA Freedom LLC

107) Varian Medical Systems

108) Zeta Global

BRIAN BALLARD

(Florida)
Clients:

1) 19 Enterprises, LLC

2) Access Restoration Services US, Inc.

3) Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

4) Advanced Rx Pharmacy, LLC

5) AIDS Healthcare Foundation

6) Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

7) Alliance for Commercial Real Estate

8) Amazon.com, Inc.

9) American Coastal Insurance Company

10) American Veterinary Medical Association

11) Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC

12) Angel Armor

13) AquaFence Inc.

14) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP

15) AT&T Services, Inc.

16) Atlas Air, Inc.

17) Atlas Data Privacy Corporation

18) Atlys Global, LLC

19) Axon Enterprise, Inc.

20) Babcock Property Holdings, LLC

21) Barry University

22) Basketball Properties, LTD

23) Bayer U.S. LLC

24) Big Bend Homeless Coalition

25) BioStem Technologies

26) Block, Inc.

27) Blue Origin Florida, LLC

28) Botanicals for Better Health and Wellness

29) Brent L. Mills, Incorporated

30) Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation

31) Broward County

32) Broward County Sheriff's Office

33) BusPatrol America LLC

34) Camillus House, Inc

35) Caplin Family Offices, LLC

36) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries

37) Churchill Downs, Inc

38) Citrus Health Network, Inc

39) City of Aventura

40) City of Boynton Beach

41) City of Bradenton

42) City of Cape Coral, Florida

43) City of DeBary

44) City of Delray Beach

45) City of Hallandale Beach

46) City of Largo

47) City of Marathon

48) City of Miami

49) City of Palm Beach Gardens

50) City of Pembroke Pines

51) City of Pensacola, Florida

52) City of Punta Gorda

53) City of Sarasota, Florida

54) City of Treasure Island

55) Clear Ballot Group

56) Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller, Palm Beach County

57) Clyde Johnson Contracting & Roofing, Inc.

58) Coinbase, Inc.

59) Communications International, Inc.

60) Core and Main LP

61) CORE Construction

62) Council of Florida Medical School Deans

63) Cox Communications

64) Cox Science Center and Aquarium

65) Cruise Lines International Association

66) Crypto Council for Innovation

67) DACRA

68) DBL Ventures

69) de Moya Highway Infrastructure LLC

70) DEEP Research Incorporated

71) Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, Inc

72) Destinations Florida

73) DMF Employment Opportunities, Inc.

74) Doodie Calls LLC

75) DoorDash, Inc.

76) Downtown Vision, Inc.

77) DSW Homes, LLC

78) Earth Funeral LLC

79) East Coast Packers, LLC

80) Eisai, Inc

81) Electronic Transaction Consultants, LLC

82) Embassy of Japan

83) Enespa Technologies US LLC

84) Epilepsy Florida

85) Equifax Inc.

86) FarmaceuticalRX LLC

87) Feeding Florida, Inc.

88) Figgers Communication, Inc.

89) Fire Neural Network

90) First American Title Insurance Company

91) Fisher Island Club, Inc.

92) Florida A & M University Foundation

93) Florida Alliance for Seniors

94) Florida Association of Cosmetology & Technical Schools (FACTS)

95) Florida Chiropractic Association, Inc

96) Florida Entertainment & Arts Venues Association, Inc.

97) Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation, Inc.

98) Florida Network of Youth and Family Services, Inc

99) Florida Podiatric Medical Association

100) Florida Power & Light Company

101) Florida Rural Water Association

102) Florida Sheriffs Risk Management Fund

103) Florida Society of Ophthalmology

104) Florida Society of Pathologists

105) Florida Tomato Exchange

106) Florida Transportation Builders Association, Inc

107) Florida Veterinary Medical Association

108) FOP Foundation

109) Foster Care Review, Inc

110) Foundation for Seminole State College of Florida, Inc

111) Fresenius Medical Care North America

112) Friends of the Underline, Inc.

113) GAF Materials, LLC

114) Gates Housing Group, LLC

115) GlaxoSmithKline

116) Habilitation Center for the Handicapped, Inc.

117) Health Care District of Palm Beach County

118) Henderson Behavioral Health

119) HistoryMiami Museum

120) HNTB Corporation

121) Hope Healthcare

122) Horizon Oakland Park, LLC

123) Housing Trust Group, LLC

124) HPM Lot 5, LLC

125) HPM Resi II, LLC

126) Ibis Healthcare, Inc.

127) Indelible Management Solutions, Inc.

128) Infrastructure Rehabilitation USA, Inc.

129) Intellectually Developmentally Disabled Community Foundation

130) International Atlantic, LLC

131) Investment Corporation of Palm Beach

132) Jacksonville Port Authority

133) Jacksonville Transportation Authority

134) Juvare, LLC and its affiliates

135) Keystone Properties, L.L.C.

136) Kinder Morgan, Inc.

137) Kitson Evergreen LLC d/b/a Kitson & Partners

138) Kleo, Inc. d/b/a ClassWallet

139) KPMG LLP

140) L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

141) Lee Health System, Inc

142) Liberty Dental Plan

143) Lifepoint Health

144) LifeScience Logistics

145) Lighthouse Central Florida

146) Lions World Vision Institute, Inc.

147) Lucent Group, Inc.

148) Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

149) M&M Realty Partners LLC

150) Major League Baseball

151) Marine Towing of Tampa, LLC

152) Martin County Board of County Commissioners

153) Max Planck Florida Foundation, Inc

154) Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc

155) MCI, LC

156) Meta Platforms, Inc.

157) Miami Dade College Foundation

158) Miami Design District Associates, LLC

159) Miami Learning Experience School

160) Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Inc

161) MorseLife Health System

162) Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC

163) Mount Sinai Medical Center

164) NAIOP Tampa Bay

165) National Rental Home Council

166) National Stormwater Trust, Inc.

167) Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Inc.

168) Natural Health Partners, LLC

169) New York Yankees

170) Nomi Health Inc

171) North Broward Hospital District (d/b/a Broward Health)

172) Northport Health Services of Florida, L.L.C.

173) Nova Southeastern University

174) NTT Data, Inc.

175) Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

176) Online Lenders Alliance

177) Orange Barrel Media

178) Palm Beach Aggregates, LLC

179) Panza, Maurer & Maynard, P.A.

180) Parsons Transportation Group Inc.

181) Pensacola State College Foundation, Inc.

182) Philips North America, LLC

183) PointClickCare Technologies USA Corp

184) Praesentia Healthcare LLC

185) Public Health Trust

186) Quarterhill

187) RAI Services Company

188) Re-Entry Alliance Pensacola, Inc.

189) ReaSyn Technologies, Inc.

190) Renew Financial Group LLC

191) Revenue Based Finance Coalition

192) Reyes Holdings, L.L.C.

193) RightSite Health

194) Robinhood

195) RTI International

196) RUDG, LLC

197) Safe Harbor Hospice LLC

198) SaferWatch

199) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

200) Sanford Airport Authority

201) SAS Institute, Inc

202) Seacoast National Bank

203) Security Scorecard

204) Selah Freedom

205) Seminole Hard Rock Digital, LLC

206) Sentara Health Plans, Inc.

207) SePro Corporation

208) Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc.

209) Shopping Center Management d/b/a Turnberry Associates

210) Sig Sauer, Inc.

211) Simon Wiesenthal Center, Inc.

212) Skyward, Inc.

213) Socure, Inc.

214) Solar Sportsystems, Inc

215) South Central Florida Express, Inc

216) South Florida Police Benevolent Association

217) Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits, LLC.

218) Southern Technical College Suncoast, LLC

219) Spark Learning, Inc.

220) SPIDR Tech, Inc.

221) Spray Foam Coalition Association

222) St. Johns County

223) State Armor

224) Strategic Digital Services

225) Stride, Inc.

226) Strydent Autonomous Technologies, Inc.

227) Success Academy Charter Schools, Inc.

228) Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.

229) Sunfest Herbs LLC

230) Sunrise Sunset Apts, LLC

231) SWARM Inc.

232) Talk of the Town, Inc.

233) Tampa General Hospital

234) The Private Suite

235) The School Board of Lee County

236) Titan America LLC

237) Town of Jupiter

238) Town of Lantana

239) Town of Palm Beach

240) Transit Village Venture, LLC

241) Tremco Incorporated

242) Trulieve, Inc.

243) Unite USA, Inc.

244) United States Sugar Corporation

245) University of Central Florida Foundation, Inc.

246) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

247) University of Miami

248) Versaterm Public Safety

249) Vilin Bio Med Limited

250) Village of North Palm Beach

251) Voices for Children Foundation, Inc

252) VyStar Credit Union

253) Walgreen Company

254) Walk Off Charities

255) WeatherSTEM

256) Wheeler Emergency Management Consulting, LLC

257) Wildlandscapes International

258) Windstorm Mitigation, Inc

259) Windstorm, Inc.

260) Worldwide Interactive Network, Inc. d/b/a WIN Learning

261) Xerox Corporation and its affiliates

262) YMCA of the Palm Beaches

263) Zoox, Inc.

264) Zscaler, Inc.

BAILEY CHILDERS

(Federal)
  • 2024295022

  • 1625 L STREET, NW, 7TH FLOORWashingtonDC20036

SYLVESTER LUKIS

(Federal)
  • 601 Thirteenth St, NWSuite 450 NWashingtonDC20005

Clients:
Clients:

1) Africell Holding

2) Alden Torch Financial, LLC

3) Amazon.com

4) American Health Care Association

5) American Road & Transportation Builders Association

6) Anderson Kill P.C. (for certain plaintiffs in "9/11" litigation)

7) Andrew Lee

8) Asset Investment Group LLC

9) Atlantic Sapphire, USA, LLC

10) Automated HealthCare Solutions

11) Aviator Capital Management, LLC

12) Bellini Better World Foundation

13) BeSafe Industries, LLC

14) Blue Skies Aerospace Group

15) Boxercraft, Inc.

16) Broward College Foundation

17) Caplin Family Offices

18) Capture Collective, Inc.

19) Carbonfund.org Foundation

20) CBI Acquisitions, LLC

21) Children's Hospital Association

22) Citizens for a Secure and Safe America

23) Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES)

24) City of Jacksonville

25) City of Miami Beach, Florida

26) City of Pensacola

27) City of Winter Haven

28) CKP a division of Brown and Brown Florida Inc.

29) Clarity Value

30) Colonial Management Group, LP

31) Contura, Inc.

32) Curative, Inc.

33) Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, Inc.

34) Detroit International Bridge Company, Inc.

35) Dish Network, LLC

36) DraftKings, Inc.

37) Eagle LNG Partners LLC

38) F.E.B. Corp.

39) FanDuel, Inc.

40) FarmaceuticalRX of PA, LLC

41) Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company

42) Flagler Health+

43) Friends of Miami Dade College

44) G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc.

45) General Motors LLC

46) Getaround, Inc.

47) HRB Tax Group, Inc. (formerly known as H&R Block, Inc.)

48) iCare.com LLC

49) IMPACT

50) International Atlantic, LLC

51) Jacksonville Port Authority (previously through Alcalde & Fay)

52) JDR Management LLC

53) Jiko Technologies, Inc.

54) KRA Management LLC

55) Kreindler & Kreindler LLP (for certain plaintiffs in "9/11" litigation)

56) Laboratory Corporations of America Holdings

57) Lake Cumberland Marina LLC

58) Lakeside Bluffs Group LLC

59) Lathrop Gage LLP

60) Len-Angeline LLC

61) Leonardo DRS, Inc.

62) Major League Baseball

63) Mark43, Inc.

64) Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc.

65) MCI, LC

66) Miami-Dade County Public Schools

67) Millennium Physician Group LLC

68) Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.

69) Nanobiosym Diagnostics, Inc.

70) NextEra Energy, Inc./Florida Power and Light Company

71) North Broward Hospital District d/b/a Broward Health

72) NOVA Southeastern University

73) Okaloosa County, FL

74) On Demand Holdings, Inc.

75) Orchestra Technology, Inc.

76) Origin Logistics, LLC

77) Orsted Wind Power North America LLC (formerly known as North East Offshore, LLC)

78) Paul M. Harden (on behalf of the City of Jacksonville)

79) Pernod Ricard USA., LLC

80) Potomac Center North, Inc.

81) Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County (on behalf of Jackson Health Systems)

82) Public Utility District No.1 of Douglas County

83) Pulaski Law Firm, PLLC (on behalf of Business Interruption Group)

84) RAI Services Company (FKA- RAISC)

85) Reef Global, Inc.

86) Renew Financial Group LLC

87) Republic Services Procurement, Inc.

88) RIL USA

89) RocketVax AG

90) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

91) Saint Leo University

92) Seal Shield, LLC

93) Sentry Data Systems

94) SharkNinja Operating LLC

95) SI Group Client Services

96) Singani 63

97) Sky Boat LLC

98) Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC

99) Standard Industries

100) Swire Properties, Inc.

101) Tampa General Hospital

102) Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority

103) The Boeing Company

104) The Geo Group, Inc

105) The Mosaic Company

106) Trulieve

107) U.S Sugar Corporation

108) University of Miami

109) USA Freedom LLC

110) Varian Medical Systems

111) Zeta Global

KAYA SINGLETON

(Federal)
  • 1401 Eye Street NW #240WashingtonDC20005

Clients:

DAN TURRENTINE

(Federal)
Clients: