302-757-8303
ByrdGomes, 2 Penns Way Suite 305, New Castle, Delaware, 19720,
ByrdGomes provides a balanced approach to contract lobbying that is unique in Delaware. Since we are politically active, we have established long-term relationships that have given us informed insights into the personalities of each political party.
Firm Specialties:
The majority of our activity involves lobbying and representing clients' position before the Delaware Legislature for assistance with specific, issue-related projects. Our strength is in our ability to identify, and gain access to the key individuals who should hear our clients' point of view.
3) BALLY'S DOVER CASINO RESORT
7) CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORPORATION
8) CIGNA CORPORATE SERVICES LLC
9) DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT
10) DELAWARE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC.
11) DELAWARE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC.--EDUCATION COMMITTEE
12) DELAWARE HAULERS ASSOCIATION
13) DELAWARE SOCIETY OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
14) DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
16) DOORDASH INC.
19) EARNIN
20) ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY OF PHILA & AFFILIATES
21) EXPRESS SCRIPTS HOLDING CO.
22) FEDERAL EXPRESS
25) KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS LLC
27) MARITIME EXCHANGE FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER & BAY
28) MEDICAL SOCIETY OF DELAWARE
30) MODIVCARE
31) NATIONWIDE INSURANCE ENTERPRISE
32) NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION
33) NORTHEASTERN TITLE LOANS LLC
34) PORT WILMINGTON
37) RECYCLED MATERIALS ASSOCIATION (REMA)
40) U.S. BIOLOGIC
41) VEOLIA
42) VERIZON
43) VISA INC.
44) WASTE MANAGEMENT
45) WILMINGTON TUG
KIM GOMES became a lobbyist in her own unique way. She did not get here through politics or law or a cause. Her earliest interests had nothing to do with lobbying. She was a gymnast and a competitor in ballroom dancing. That led to a degree from the University of Delaware in fitness management, and that led to a position at the University of Delaware as the coordinator in charge of the fitness class program on the campus. From there, it was on to work at an insurance office and brokerage firm, except Kim was looking for a new direction, and she thought lobbying would be fun.
Of course she did. She had a taste for the unexpected. She had the slow heartbeat that comes from winning competitiveness. She had a practical foundation of business, organizational and management experience.
Kim added in an academic component by earning a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Delaware. One of the faculty members was Ed Freel, formerly the Delaware secretary of state, and he connected her with Bob Byrd. It clicked, and Kim joined the firm.
Kim's background has been a fine fit, even her ballroom dancing. She paired with Tom Cook, who was the Delaware secretary of finance, for a charity "Dancing with the Stars" event, where they were judged the best dancers. See? Kim was right all along that lobbying could be fun.
302-757-8305
ByrdGomes, 2 Penns Way Suite 305, New Castle, Delaware, 19720,
ByrdGomes provides a balanced approach to contract lobbying that is unique in Delaware. Since we are politically active, we have established long-term relationships that have given us informed insights into the personalities of each political party.
Firm Specialties:
The majority of our activity involves lobbying and representing clients' position before the Delaware Legislature for assistance with specific, issue-related projects. Our strength is in our ability to identify, and gain access to the key individuals who should hear our clients' point of view.
2) AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS
4) BALLY'S DOVER CASINO RESORT
8) CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORPORATION
9) CIGNA CORPORATE SERVICES LLC
10) DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT
11) DELAWARE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC.
12) DELAWARE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC.--EDUCATION COMMITTEE
13) DELAWARE HAULERS ASSOCIATION
14) DELAWARE SOCIETY OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
15) DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
17) DOORDASH INC.
20) EARNIN
21) ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY OF PHILA & AFFILIATES
22) EXPRESS SCRIPTS HOLDING CO.
23) FEDERAL EXPRESS
24) FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE NORTH AMERICA
26) KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS LLC
28) MARITIME EXCHANGE FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER & BAY
29) MEDICAL SOCIETY OF DELAWARE
31) MODIVCARE
33) NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION
34) NORTHEASTERN TITLE LOANS LLC
35) PORT WILMINGTON
38) RECYCLED MATERIALS ASSOCIATION (REMA)
40) U.S. BIOLOGIC
41) VEOLIA
42) VERIZON
43) VISA INC.
44) WASTE MANAGEMENT
45) WILMINGTON TUG
ROBERT BYRD. When the confusion, the divide and the intricacies are at their worst, if anyone can be counted upon to pick his way through, it is Bob. One of Bob's most memorable legislative achievements was the legalization of slot machines at the state's racetracks.
Bob can provide expert advice on legislation, government contracts, regulatory review, local government matters and congressional action and see it through by getting to the right people at the right time with the right touch. Bob has the background to work with everyone, from his days as a state representative with a blue-collar constituency to his time as the vice president and chief lobbyist of the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce.
His leadership talents were recognized by his fellow legislators, who elected him the majority whip in the Delaware House of Representatives, and by Governor Ruth Ann Minner, who appointed him as the chair of the Delaware Economic & Financial Advisory Council, the panel responsible for the revenue projections that have kept the state's multi-billion-dollar budget balanced year after year. Bob's list of clients in Delaware in unequaled. It includes Aetna, Anheuser-Busch, Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, the Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River & Bay, and the Medical Society of Delaware.
302-757-8306
ByrdGomes, 2 Penns Way Suite 305, New Castle, Delaware, 19720,
ByrdGomes provides a balanced approach to contract lobbying that is unique in Delaware. Since we are politically active, we have established long-term relationships that have given us informed insights into the personalities of each political party.
Firm Specialties:
The majority of our activity involves lobbying and representing clients' position before the Delaware Legislature for assistance with specific, issue-related projects. Our strength is in our ability to identify, and gain access to the key individuals who should hear our clients' point of view.
3) BALLY'S DOVER CASINO RESORT
7) CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORPORATION
8) CIGNA CORPORATE SERVICES LLC
9) DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT
10) DELAWARE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC.
11) DELAWARE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC.--EDUCATION COMMITTEE
12) DELAWARE HAULERS ASSOCIATION
13) DELAWARE SOCIETY OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
14) DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
16) DOORDASH INC.
19) EARNIN
20) ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY OF PHILA & AFFILIATES
21) EXPRESS SCRIPTS HOLDING CO.
22) FEDERAL EXPRESS
23) FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE NORTH AMERICA
25) KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS LLC
27) MARITIME EXCHANGE FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER & BAY
28) MEDICAL SOCIETY OF DELAWARE
29) MODIVCARE
31) NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION
32) NORTHEASTERN TITLE LOANS LLC
33) PORT WILMINGTON
36) RECYCLED MATERIALS ASSOCIATION (REMA)
38) U.S. BIOLOGIC
39) VEOLIA
40) VERIZON
41) VISA INC.
42) WASTE MANAGEMENT
43) WILMINGTON TUG
11-15 years
Member of the Delaware Bar Association
Member of the Maryland Bar Association
REBECCA BYRD knows government, policy and politics with the inside knowledge that comes from broad experience with all three branches of government, and she combines it with the perspective of a lawyer. She can draft legislation. She can lobby for it. She can decipher federal and state regulations.
There was a method to Rebecca's decision not to specialize in just anything. With the breadth of her background, she is ready for everything. Rebecca is a third-generation practitioner. Her grandmother was an aide to Gov. Sherman W. Tribbitt, her father is Bob Byrd, and here she is to carry on the family tradition. Rebecca was the deputy legal counsel to Governor Ruth Ann Minner and a deputy attorney general in the state Justice Department under Attorney General Beau Biden. She also clerked on the Delaware Supreme Court for Justices Carolyn Berger, Jack Jacobs and Henry duPont Ridgely and served as a liaison for the court to the General Assembly.
She is the author of articles on Delaware's Coastal Zone Act (Delaware Chamber of Commerce, 2016) and a co-author of "50 State Survey: The Law of Eminent Domain"" (American Bar Association, 2012). Rebecca is a member of the Delaware State Bar Association and the American Bar Association, where she is a member of the Business Law Section and its Government Affairs Committee. She is a graduate of the George Washington University and the Catholic University of America School of Law.
302-540-4848
385 Blair Shore Road, Elkton, MD, 21921,
P.O. Box 671, Wilmington, DE, 19899,
10 Corporate Circle Suite 215, New Castle, DE, 19720,
3) BALLY'S DOVER CASINO RESORT
7) CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORPORATION
8) CIGNA CORPORATE SERVICES LLC
9) DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT
10) DELAWARE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC.
11) DELAWARE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC.--EDUCATION COMMITTEE
12) DELAWARE HAULERS ASSOCIATION
13) DELAWARE SOCIETY OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
14) DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
16) DOORDASH INC.
19) EARNIN
20) ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY OF PHILA & AFFILIATES
21) FEDERAL EXPRESS
24) KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS LLC
26) MARITIME EXCHANGE FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER & BAY
27) MEDICAL SOCIETY OF DELAWARE
29) MODIVCARE
31) NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION
32) NORTHEASTERN TITLE LOANS LLC
33) PORT WILMINGTON
36) RECYCLED MATERIALS ASSOCIATION (REMA)
38) U.S. BIOLOGIC
39) VEOLIA
40) VERIZON
41) VISA INC.
42) WASTE MANAGEMENT
43) WILMINGTON TUG
Delaware State Chamber of Commerce 1201 N. Orange Street, 1201 N. Orange Street, Wilmington, DE, 19899,
P.O. Box 1540, P.O. Box 1540, Rehoboth Beach, DE, 19971,
1) ABILITY NETWORK OF DELAWARE
2) ALLIANCE OF AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS INC.
4) AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS
5) AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COS.
6) AMERICAN MASSAGE THERAPY ASSOC.
8) APPLE INC.
9) ARMORY FILMS
10) ARTESIAN RESOURCES AND ITS AFFLILIATES
11) ASSOCIATION FOR ACCESSIBLE MEDICINES
12) ASSOCIATION OF COASTAL TOWNS
13) ATHLETICO PHYSICAL THERAPY
16) CABLE TV ASSOCIATION OF MD & DE
17) CARFAX INC.
20) CHEMICAL INDUSTRY COUNCIL OF DELAWARE INC.
21) CHRISTIANA CARE CORPORATION
22) CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
23) COMCAST CORP. AND ITS AFFILIATES
24) COMMUNITY EDUCATION BUILDING
25) CONDUENT INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES
26) CORRECTIONAL OFFICER'S ASSN. OF DELAWARE
27) CRODA INC.
28) DELAWARE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
30) DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOL NETWORK
31) DELAWARE CITY REFINING COMPANY
32) DELAWARE COMPENSATION RATING BUREAU INC.
33) DELAWARE HOTEL LODGING ASSN.
36) DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
39) ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION
40) FAITHFUL FRIENDS
41) FMC CORPORATION
42) GAUDENZIA INC.
43) HI-CONE USA C/O MS ASSOC. LLC
44) HOME BUILDER ASSN. OF DELAWARE
45) IMPACT LIFE INC.
46) INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY MARKETS ASSOC.
47) KENT SUSSEX LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE
48) KOOTH USA LLC
49) METRC
50) MODAXO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT USA INC.
51) NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS (NAPEO)
54) ORSTED
56) RHETT RUGGERIO GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LLC
57) RUGGERIO WILLSON & ASSOCIATES LLC.
63) UNITE USA INC. DBA UNITE US
65) UNITED MUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE
66) UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE - OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
69) XEROX BUSINESS SERVICES LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES
70) ZSCALER
Laird Stabler & Associates LLC, P.O. Box 523, Montchanin, Delaware, 19710,
P.O. Box 1540, Rehoboth Beach, DE, 19971,
1) ABILITY NETWORK OF DELAWARE
2) ALLIANCE OF AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS INC.
4) AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS
5) AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COS.
6) AMERICAN MASSAGE THERAPY ASSOC.
8) APPLE INC.
9) ARMORY FILMS
10) ARTESIAN RESOURCES AND ITS AFFLILIATES
11) ASSOCIATION FOR ACCESSIBLE MEDICINES
12) ASSOCIATION OF COASTAL TOWNS
13) ATHLETICO PHYSICAL THERAPY
16) CABLE TV ASSOCIATION OF MD & DE
17) CARFAX INC.
19) CHEMICAL INDUSTRY COUNCIL OF DELAWARE INC.
20) CHRISTIANA CARE CORPORATION
21) CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
22) COMCAST CORP. AND ITS AFFILIATES
23) COMMUNITY EDUCATION BUILDING
24) CONDUENT INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES
25) CORRECTIONAL OFFICER'S ASSN. OF DELAWARE
26) CRODA INC.
27) DELAWARE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
29) DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOL NETWORK
30) DELAWARE CITY REFINING COMPANY
31) DELAWARE COMPENSATION RATING BUREAU INC.
35) DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
38) ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION
39) FAITHFUL FRIENDS
40) FMC CORPORATION
41) GAUDENZIA INC.
42) HI-CONE USA C/O MS ASSOC. LLC
43) HOME BUILDER ASSN. OF DELAWARE
44) IMPACT LIFE INC.
45) INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY MARKETS ASSOC.
46) KENT SUSSEX LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE
47) KOOTH USA LLC
48) METRC
49) MODAXO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT USA INC.
50) NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS (NAPEO)
53) ORSTED
55) RUGGERIO WILLSON & ASSOCIATES LLC.
61) UNITE USA INC. DBA UNITE US
63) UNITED MUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE
64) UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE - OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
67) XEROX BUSINESS SERVICES LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES
68) ZSCALER
P.O. Box 551, P.O. Box 551, Wilmington, DE, 19899,
PO Box 1540, PO Box 1540, Rehoboth Beach, DE, 19971,
1) ABILITY NETWORK OF DELAWARE
2) ALLIANCE OF AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS INC.
4) AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS
5) AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COS.
6) AMERICAN MASSAGE THERAPY ASSOC.
8) APPLE INC.
9) ARMORY FILMS
10) ARTESIAN RESOURCES AND ITS AFFLILIATES
11) ASSOCIATION FOR ACCESSIBLE MEDICINES
12) ASSOCIATION OF COASTAL TOWNS
13) ATHLETICO PHYSICAL THERAPY
16) CABLE TV ASSOCIATION OF MD & DE
19) CHEMICAL INDUSTRY COUNCIL OF DELAWARE INC.
20) CHRISTIANA CARE CORPORATION
21) CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
22) COMCAST CORP. AND ITS AFFILIATES
23) COMMUNITY EDUCATION BUILDING
24) CONDUENT INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES
25) CORRECTIONAL OFFICER'S ASSN. OF DELAWARE
26) CRODA INC.
27) DELAWARE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
29) DELAWARE CHARTER SCHOOL NETWORK
30) DELAWARE CITY REFINING COMPANY
31) DELAWARE COMPENSATION RATING BUREAU INC.
32) DELAWARE HOTEL LODGING ASSN.
33) DELAWARE PARK MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES
38) ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION
39) FAITHFUL FRIENDS
40) FMC CORPORATION
41) GAUDENZIA INC.
42) HI-CONE USA C/O MS ASSOC. LLC
43) HOME BUILDER ASSN. OF DELAWARE
44) IMPACT LIFE INC.
45) INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY MARKETS ASSOC.
46) KENT SUSSEX LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE
47) KOOTH USA LLC
48) LOWDIGITTAGS.COM
49) METRC
50) MODAXO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT USA INC.
51) NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS (NAPEO)
54) ORSTED
56) RHETT RUGGERIO GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LLC
57) RUGGERIO WILLSON & ASSOCIATES LLC.
63) UNITE USA INC. DBA UNITE US
65) UNITED MUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE
66) UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE - OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
69) XEROX BUSINESS SERVICES LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES
70) ZSCALER
