804-775-1938
800 E. Canal Street, Richmond, VA, 23219,
Subjects: Agencies/Regulations, Business/Commerce, City/County Government, Energy/Utilities, Finance/Banking, Food/Restaurants, Health Care, Housing/Real Estate/Development/Construction, Insurance, Manufacturing, Medicare/Medicaid, Pharmaceuticals, Professional/Vocational Licensing, Public Safety, RFP/Procurement, Science/Technology, Taxes, Tourism/Hospitality, Transportation/Vehicles
I help clients connect the dots so they can see the big picture of how policy, politics, press and political personalities impact their businesses. As an attorney and a lobbyist, I guide clients through the political, legislative, legal and regulatory landscape to create pathways to grow their businesses.
20+ years
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Government Relations, 2011-2025
Member, Virginia Code Commission
Commissioner (Virginia), Uniform Law Commission
In addition to being an attorney with McGuireWoods LLP, Chris is an executive vice president in McGuireWoods Consulting. His government affairs practice consists of representing clients before the Virginia legislature, executive branch and state and local agencies.
Chris' legal practice involves advising companies on political law compliance activities, including lobbying, gift restrictions involving public officials, campaign finance, and government ethics laws. He also holds the CIPP/US credential as a Certified Information Privacy Professional from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).
With more than 25 years of experience in Virginia government and politics, Chris has developed a deep knowledge of Virginia state and local government and the legislative and regulatory process. Drawing on his experience as a lobbyist and as the former chief counsel to a Virginia attorney general, Chris assists clients in developing and implementing legislative and regulatory strategies to meet their business and public policy objectives.
Chris brings a unique perspective to his political law practice because of his government relations experience. Understanding the political process and the practice of government relations is essential to advising a client on how to comply with the myriad of federal, state and local rules governing lobbying, ethics, conflicts of interest, ethics in public procurement and campaign finance, while still achieving the client's business and public policy objectives.
724-485-3345
1000 Horizon Vue Drive, Canonsburg, PA, 15317,
7177402301
1000 Horizon Vue Drive, Canonsburg, PA, 15317,
804-775-1958
800 E Canal Street, Richmond, VA, 23219,
(304) 343-4045
405 Capitol Street, Mezzanine Suite 1, Charleston, WV, 25301,
601 13th Street, NW, 11th Floor South, Washington, DC, 20005,
3) AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION
4) AMERICAN CITIZENS ABROAD, INC.
5) BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
6) BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION
7) BLACKROCK FUND SERVICES GROUP, LLC
11) COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
13) DELTA AIRLINES
16) EXELON BUSINESS SERVICES COMPANY LLC
17) HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
19) KOHLER CO.
21) METLIFE GROUP, INC. (FKA METLIFE SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS, LLC)
22) NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
24) ORSTED NORTH AMERICA, INC.
25) PEPSICO, INC.
26) PIRATE SHIP
27) PIVOT BIO
31) RTX CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES (FKA RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORP. AND AFFILIATES)
32) SELECT MEDICAL CORPORATION
35) TOPSOE A/S
37) ULSE INC. D/B/A UL STANDARDS & ENGAGEMENT
39) UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
40) UTAH CITY
717-961-5450
600 North 3rd Street, Suite 101, Harrisburg, PA, 17101,
3) Allied Services Integrated Health System
5) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
7) Antrim Investment Group, LLC
9) Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers
10) AT&T Inc.
11) Aviat Networks
12) Bounty Minerals
13) Byler Management
16) Catalight
20) Child USA
21) Chobani
22) Christian School Association of Greater Harrisburg
23) Churchill Downs Incorporated
26) CNX Land LLC
28) Coalition for Community Solar Access
29) Coalition For Home Equity Partnership
30) College Board
31) Compass Learning
32) Concurrent Technologies Corporation
34) Cumberland Historic Properties
38) Effective School Solutions
40) First National Bank of Pennsylvania
41) FMP Realty LLC
42) G&F Realty
44) GREATER JOHNSTOWN REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP
46) HeyTutor
49) HomeAde, LLC
50) Housing And Redevelopment Insurance Exchange
51) Inch & Co
54) Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania
56) Kimball Motion Analytics LLC
58) Kooth USA, LLC
60) Leading Youth For Excellence
62) LIUNA Mid-Atlantic Regional Organizing Coalition
63) Local Union No. 1319 O.S.H.E.
64) Luzerne County Child Advocacy Center
66) Malt Beverage Distributors Association of PA
67) Martz Trailways
68) McCarthy Tire
69) Messiah Lifeways
70) MidPoint Group of Companies, Inc.
72) Modern Treasury
74) New Birth of Freedom Council, Boy Scouts of America #544
76) PA Association for Justice
77) PA State Building & Construction Trades Council
78) Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals
79) Pennsylvania Beer Alliance
80) Pennsylvania Cannabis Coalition
81) Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants
82) Pennsylvania State Nurses Association
83) Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Inc.
85) Philadelphia School District
86) Prestige Healthcare Administrative Services
89) Rikore, Inc.
91) RVG Management and Development Co.
93) Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) of Luzerne County
94) Summit Realty Advisors, LLC
95) Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
96) The Lands at Hillside Farms
97) Ticket Network
98) Total Security International LLC
99) Valley Crest Real Estate, LP
100) Verified Voting.Org., Inc
101) Viatris Inc.
102) Visit Hershey & Harrisburg Inc.
103) Waste Reduction Recycling Transfer, Inc.
104) Weidner Construction
105) William J. Brennan, Jr. Center for Justice
106) YourChoice
601 13th Street, NW, 11th Floor South, Washington, DC, 20005,
412-667-6072
260 Forbes Avenue, Suite 1800, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222,
1000 Horizon Vue Drive, Canonsburg, PA, 15317,
1-412-667-6072
260 Forbes Avenue, Suite 1800, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222,
601 13th Street, NW, 11th Floor South, Washington, DC, 20005,
1) AAR GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.
2) AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION
3) ANCORA
4) BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
6) CIRCLE
11) EUTELSAT NETWORK SOLUTIONS (F/K/A EACOWT)
14) HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
15) HRP GROUP, LLC
16) IM TELECOM, LLC
17) LEVINSON FAMILY
18) NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
21) RELATIVITY SPACE
23) SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP ON BEHALF OF HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
24) SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP ON BEHALF OF CANPACK GROUP, INC.
26) SUSTAINMENT
27) THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
28) THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
31) VOYAGER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (FKA VOYAGER SPACE HOLDINGS, INC.)