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,
(724) 485-3345
1000 Horizon Vue Drive, Canonsburg, PA, 15317,
7177402301
1000 Horizon Vue Drive, Canonsburg, PA, 15317,
804-201-0850
901 East Cary Street, Suite 2100, 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,
2) AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION
3) AMERICAN CITIZENS ABROAD, INC.
4) BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
5) BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION
6) BLACKROCK FUND SERVICES GROUP, LLC
10) COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
12) DELTA AIRLINES
15) EXELON BUSINESS SERVICES COMPANY LLC
16) HONEYWELL AEROSPACE US LLC
17) IDEA (FKA ISLAMIC RELIEF USA)
19) KOHLER CO.
20) KRATEOSKY LLC
22) METLIFE GROUP, INC. (FKA METLIFE SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS, LLC)
25) ORSTED NORTH AMERICA, INC.
26) PEPSICO, INC.
27) PIRATE SHIP
28) PIVOT BIO
32) RTX CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES (FKA RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORP. AND AFFILIATES)
34) SELECT MEDICAL CORPORATION
37) TOPSOE A/S
39) ULSE INC. D/B/A UL STANDARDS & ENGAGEMENT
41) UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
42) UTAH CITY
44) WAYSTAR
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
41) First National Bank of Pennsylvania
42) FMP Realty LLC
43) G&F Realty
45) Gigapower, LLC
46) GREATER JOHNSTOWN REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP
48) HeyTutor
51) HomeAde, LLC
52) Housing And Redevelopment Insurance Exchange
53) Inch & Co
54) Indo-American Community of Scranton
58) Kimball Motion Analytics LLC
60) Kooth USA, LLC
62) Leading Youth For Excellence
64) LIUNA Mid-Atlantic Regional Organizing Coalition
65) Local Union No. 1319 O.S.H.E.
66) Luzerne County Child Advocacy Center
68) Martz Trailways
69) McCarthy Tire
70) Messiah Lifeways
71) MidPoint Group of Companies, Inc.
73) Modern Treasury
75) New Birth of Freedom Council, Boy Scouts of America #544
77) PA Association for Justice
78) PA State Building & Construction Trades Council
79) Peerstar, LLC
80) Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals
81) Pennsylvania Beer Alliance
82) Pennsylvania Beer and Beverage Retailers Association
83) Pennsylvania Cannabis Coalition
84) Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants
85) Pennsylvania State Nurses Association
86) Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Inc.
88) Philadelphia School District
89) Prestige Healthcare Administrative Services
92) Rikore, Inc.
94) RVG Management and Development Co.
95) Scranton Preparatory School.
97) Slate Auto
98) Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) of Luzerne County
99) Summit Realty Advisors, LLC
100) Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
101) The Lands at Hillside Farms
102) Ticket Network
103) Total Security International LLC
104) Valley Crest Real Estate, LP
105) Verified Voting.Org., Inc
106) Viatris Inc.
107) Visit Hershey & Harrisburg Inc.
108) Waste Reduction Recycling Transfer, Inc.
109) Weidner Construction
110) William J. Brennan, Jr. Center for Justice
111) YourChoice
601 13th Street, NW, 11th Floor South, Washington, DC, 20005,
412-667-6072
260 Forbes Avenue, Suite 1800, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222,
4) Kalshi Inc.
5) Nebius, Inc.
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 AEROSPACE US LLC
15) HRP GROUP, LLC
16) IM TELECOM, LLC
17) LEVINSON FAMILY
18) NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
21) RELATIVITY SPACE
22) SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP ON BEHALF OF HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
23) SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP ON BEHALF OF CANPACK GROUP, INC.
25) SUSTAINMENT
26) THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
27) THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
30) VOYAGER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (FKA VOYAGER SPACE HOLDINGS, INC.)