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LEONARD LOPES

(Rhode Island, )

The Victor Group

llopes@victorgroupllc.com
401-533-4872
One Park Row, Ste 5, Providence, RI, 02903,

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website

TVG provides customized lobbying and consulting services to a wide variety of businesses and organizations, from FORTUNE 500 companies to non-profit organizations. Working closely with our clients to understand their operations and the legal and regulatory issues that impact their operations, TVG conducts strategic planning exercises that can serve as long-term blueprints for achieving the clients' governmental relations goals.

TVG monitors legislative developments at the Rhode Island General Assembly that are of special interest to our clients and develops effective strategies to promote their particular interest to achieve the desired result.

As a government relations firm with extensive contacts throughout Rhode Island, TVG assists our clients to successfully navigate the waters of governmental bureaucracy and politics through established relationships with the appropriate key decision makers at all levels of federal, state, and local government.

TVG is proud of its results and is eager to deliver for you.

1) ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

2) BRG Sports Inc.

3) Brown University Health

4) BusPatrol America LLC

5) EPR Leadership Forum c.o. MultiState Associates LLC

6) HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION ALLIANCE C.O. MULTISTATE ASSOCIATES LLC

7) META PLATFORMS, INC.

8) PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS COUNCIL

9) PICK UP MASS CORPORATION

10) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates

11) R.I. VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

12) RELX INC.

13) RHODE ISLAND INTERACTIVE, LLC

14) RHODE ISLAND NURSES INSTITUTE MIDDLE COLLEGE

15) RHODE ISLAND OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY COMMISSIONER

16) SAZERAC COMPANY, INC.

17) TESLA, INC.

20+ years

RI State Nurses Association Excellence Award

Former Chief of Staff and Director of Policy & Legislation, Office of the Attorney General Patrick C Lynch

Former Legal Counsel to Lieutenant Governor, Charles J. Fogarty

Former Senate Parliamentarian

Former member of the Providence School Board

Former government affairs lobbyist and trial attorney for the Massachusetts Attorneys General, Scott Harshbarger and Thomas Reilly

LEONARD LOPES, ESQ.
President and Founder of The Victor Group

Leonard Lopes is the Founder and President of The Victor Group, LLC, with practice areas focused on state and local government relations and lobbying. Leonard has over two decades of governmental relations experience representing both public officials and corporate clients. He has over 25 years of experience with drafting state legislation and appearing before regulatory and legislative bodies. With his experience as a government affairs lobbyist and strategist, combined with his public, not-for-profit and private sector contacts, Leonard has emerged as a leading government affairs advisor in Rhode Island.

Prior to founding The Victor Group, Leonard was Senior Counsel at a downtown Providence law firm. In his capacity as the firm's Director of Government Affairs and Legislation, Leonard managed all aspects of the law firm's roster of corporate clients. Leonard served as the chief lobbyist and advisor for the private and public sector clients of the firm. He advocated before local and state governmental agencies, helping clients discover strategic solutions that merge legal analysis and keen knowledge of the state's legislative process.

Leonard has held senior-level management positions with the Department of the Rhode Island Attorney General and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. Leonard served as the Chief of Staff and Director of Policy & Legislation for the Rhode Island Department of the Attorney General. In that capacity, he served as the Attorney General's senior policy advisor and liaison to all state agencies and the Rhode Island General Assembly.

Before his time at the Department of the Attorney General, Leonard served as the Legal Counsel for the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. In that capacity, Leonard represented the Lieutenant Governor in all legal matters and was a key lobbyist. During his tenure with the Lieutenant Governor's office, he was appointed the Senate Parliamentarian.

Leonard earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law and his undergraduate degree in Legal Studies from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Leonard is admitted to practice law in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

Leonard is active in many community organizations and regularly volunteers his time and talent on several non-profit boards.

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MARTIN NASTASIA

(Massachusetts, )

WBD Strategies LLC

marty.nastasia@wbdgov.com
617-833-3665
470 Atlantic Ave., Boston, MA, 02210,

Subjects: All Subjects, Alcohol, Business/Commerce, Energy/Utilities, Finance/Banking, Food/Restaurants, Gaming, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Retail, Science/Technology, Tourism/Hospitality

Links:Website, LinkedIn

Womble Bond Dickinson Government and Public Affairs provide that home-court advantage on Beacon Hill and throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Womble Bond Dickinson team has more than 80 years of collective experience working with Massachusetts lawmakers and helping clients ensure that their interests are heard at all levels of government. The team also helps clients effectively communicate their stories to all key stakeholders.