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Jason Puhlasky is a Principal with Parker Poe Consulting and has more than 25 years of experience in lobbying, grassroots networking and media relations paid and earned as well as working on more than 100 political campaigns ranging from State House races to the President of the United States.

20+ years

Jason Puhlasky is a Principal with Parker Poe Consulting and has more than 25 years of experience in lobbying, grassroots networking and media relations paid and earned as well as working on more than 100 political campaigns ranging from State House races to the President of the United States. Prior to joining Parker Poe Consulting, Mr. Puhlasky worked as a consultant and vice president of state government relations, and represented clients before the South Carolina Legislature, specializing in telecommunications, education, environmental and economic development issues. Additionally, Mr. Puhlasky served as the South Carolina Political Director for the George W. Bush presidential campaign in 1999. He has also served as the Political Director for the South Carolina Republican Party and the Director of the South Carolina Senate Republican Caucus.

MELVIN MALONE

(Tennessee)

As Practice Group Leader of the firm's Regulatory and Government Group, Mr. Malone focuses on government relations, telecommunications, public utilities and administrative law. Due to his prior public service, coupled with his previous engagements on a hosts of public policy matters, Melvin is often sought out by state leaders to provide insight, observations and counsel on various legislative and regulatory initiatives.

AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Fellow, America Bar Foundation
Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation
Fellow, Napier-Looby Bar Foundation
Fellow, Nashville Bar Foundation
Appointed by Gov. Lee to the Board of Directors, TPAC Management Corporation, 2019- Present
Appointed by Gov. Haslam to the Board of Directors, TPAC Management Corporation, 2013-2019
R.B.J. Campbelle Award, the University of Tennessee College of Law, 2012
"Nashville's Top 101 Lawyers", Nashville Post Magazine, 2011
Best Lawyers in America
    Energy Law, 2011-2022
    Government Relations, 2016-2022
    Administrative/Regulatory Law, 2022
    Communications Law, 2020-2022
    Lawyer of the Year, Energy Law (Nashville, TN), 2018, 2020, 2022
Mid-South Super Lawyers , Civil Litigation Defense, 2013-2014
J.C. Napier Trailblazer Award, Napier-Looby Bar Foundation, 2010
"In Charge," Legal Category, Nashville Post, 2010
Best of the Bar, Nashville Business Journal, 2003, 2009, 2020
Commissioner, Tennessee Public Utility Commission (Formerly Tennessee Regulatory Authority), 1996-2002
Deputy Legal Counsel to Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist, 1995-1996
Dr. Calvin Calhoun Distinguished Member of the Year Award, 100 Black Men of Middle Tennessee, 2006, 2014 & 2015.
Special Appointment by Gov. Haslam, Tennessee Supreme Court, 2013

Melvin was one of the first practitioners before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission to obtain approval of capital recovery riders under Tennessee's newly passed legislative initiative authorizing alternative regulatory mechanisms for public utilities.

Served a special appointment by Governor Bill Haslam to the Tennessee Supreme Court to hear a case from which four Supreme Court Justices recused themselves (Hooker et al v. Lt. Governor Ramsey et al.).

Successfully litigated on behalf of Tennessee's only publicly held water provider, a regional financial institution, a global wireless communications company, the nation's largest three-service utility, a national automotive finance company, and a coalition of Tennessee telephone cooperatives.

Successfully litigated on behalf of a coalition of over 200 retail fuel providers in an alternative fuel anti-competition case.

Commissioner, Tennessee Public Utility Commission (Formerly Tennessee Regulatory Authority), 1996-2002.

Deputy Legal Counsel to Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist, 1995-1996.

JOHN HAMMOND

(Indiana)

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website

20+ years

John R. Hammond III is co-chair of Ice Miller's Public Affairs Group. As a veteran of Indiana state government, he has helped shape a wide variety of public policy, from tax policy to environmental management, education to tort reform, transportation to insurance and economic development.

John served as a key aide to former Indiana Governor Robert D. Orr during his time as lieutenant governor, as well as serving as a deputy campaign manager for Orr's gubernatorial run in 1979 and heading up his transition team in 1980. He was senior executive assistant for Legislative Affairs and Education Policy in the Orr administration, serving as chief legislative liaison for six general sessions and three special sessions of the Indiana Legislature during the 1980s. Since leaving state government in 1988, he has led the governmental and public affairs programs for several major Indiana firms.

He is a frequent public affairs panelist and lecturer, and is the co-author of the article "Campaigns and Candidates: Lawyers and Their Obligations," prepared for the Legislative Services Agency for Continuing Legal Education's seminar titled, "The Lawyer-Lobbyist." He also serves as a Republican commentator and analyst on Indiana Week in Review, a state wide public affairs news program of WFYI focusing on Indiana government and politics. He has served as an advisor to several statewide campaigns.

John was awarded his Bachelor of Arts from DePauw University in 1976, and a juris doctor from the Indiana University School of Law in 1991. He is admitted to practice law in the state of Indiana.

John joined Ice Miller in February 2001.

AMANDA YOUNG

(Tennessee)

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website

Mandy is an AV-Rated attorney in our Government, Administration & Regulatory and Health Law groups. She is a frequent speaker on the legislative process and updates on legislation. The Butler Snow team works to understand the issues of its clients and is often accused of asking a lot of questions to do that. We work with our clients to create the best strategies that advance the goals and interests of the client.

20+ years

Martindale-Hubbell
    AV -Preeminent Peer Review Rated
Best Lawyers in America
    Insurance Law, 2007-2022
    Government Relations Practice, 2015-2022
    Lawyer of the Year, Insurance Law (Nashville), 2018
    Lawyer of the Year, Government Relations Practice (Nashville), 2020, 2022
Nashville 101 Top Lawyers, Nashville Post Magazine, 2011
In Charge list, Government/Politics, Nashville Post, 2010
150 Best Lawyers, Business Tennessee, 2009
Best of Bar, Nashville Business Journal
Trustee, Harpeth Hall School
Former Board of Directors, Women's Fund of Nashville, Community Foundation of Middle of Tennessee
Former Board Member, Book 'Em
Former Alumnae Board Member, Harpeth Hall School
Former Board Member, Jade's Fund, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
Tennessee Lobbyist Association
Former Member, Board of Directors

KAREN ARLAND

(Indiana)
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Clients:

LESA DIETRICK

(Indiana)
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THOMAS DOWNS

(Indiana)
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Clients:

LACY JOHNSON

(Indiana)
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NATALIE SALMON

(Federal)
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Clients:

1) Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

2) America Is Better

3) American Hotel & Lodging Association

4) American Property Casualty Insurance Association (formerly known as AIA)

5) Amgen, Inc.

6) Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

7) Anthem Inc. (formerly known as Wellpoint, Inc.)

8) Association for Clinical Oncology

9) AstraZeneca

10) Avenue Solutions

11) Bay Bridge Strategies (on behalf of Bloom Energy)

12) Bay Bridge Strategies (on behalf of Kinsa, Inc.)

13) Bay Bridge Strategies, Inc. (on behalf of Lumeris, Inc.)

14) BeiGene USA, Inc.

15) Bloom Energy

16) Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

17) Boyd Gaming Corporation

18) Bristol Myers Squibb

19) C2FO

20) Canada Life Reinsurance Company (fka London Life Reinsurance Company)

21) Case New Holland Industrial Inc.

22) Chubb INA Holdings Inc. (FKA ACE INA Holdings Inc.)

23) Cigna Corporation

24) Coalition for the American Dream

25) Committee on Capital Markets Regulation

26) CONSORTIUM FOR WORKER EDUCATION

27) DELOITTE LLP

28) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

29) Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

30) Election Systems & Software, LLC

31) Eli Lilly and Company

32) EMD Millipore

33) EMD Serono, Inc.

34) Entergy Services LLC (fka Entergy Corporation)

35) Environmental Defense Action Fund

36) EOS Energy Storage LLC

37) Equipment Leasing and Finance Association

38) Facebook, Inc.

39) Feeding America

40) Ferrero U.S.A., Inc.

41) Fresenius Medical Care North America

42) Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

43) FWD.us

44) Genentech, Inc.

45) GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSN

46) Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.

47) Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America

48) Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc.

49) HealthPartners

50) Incyte Corporation

51) InfuSystems Holdings, Inc.

52) InnovaCare, Inc.

53) International Franchise Association

54) ION Media Networks, Inc.

55) Iris Automation Inc.

56) JMA Wireless

57) Johnson Controls Inc.

58) K12 Inc.

59) Kinsa, Inc.

60) KLEINER PERKINS CAUFIELD & BYERS

61) Kolmar Americas Inc.

62) LabWare, Inc.

63) Legacy Community Health Services

64) Leon Medical Center

65) Live-Evermore, Inc. (DBA Evermore)

66) Lumeris, Inc.

67) MASTERCARD

68) Merck & Co., Inc

69) Micron Technology, Inc.

70) MICROSOFT CORPORATION

71) ModivCare Solutions, LLC (fka LogistiCare Solutions LLC)

72) Monkton, Inc.

73) Munich American Reassurance Company

74) NATIONAL ASSN OF BROADCASTERS

75) National Association of Health Underwriters

76) NIC Inc.

77) North American Subaru, Inc.

78) Northwell Health, Inc. (FKA NSLIJ Health System)

79) Novartis

80) NVG, LLC (on behalf of Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.)

81) ONE Action

82) Pay Our Interns, Inc.

83) Peck Madigan Jones (obo Greenwich Biosciences, Inc)

84) Peck Madigan Jones (on behalf of Bristol Myers Squibb)

85) Peck Madigan Jones (on behalf of EMD Serono, Inc.)

86) Peck Madigan Jones (on behalf of Legacy Community Health Services)

87) Peck Madigan Jones (on behalf of Merck & Co., Inc)

88) Peck Madigan Jones (on behalf of Prevent Opioid Abuse)

89) Peck Madigan Jones (On behalf of Vertex Pharmaceuticals)

90) Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)

91) PHRMA

92) Prevent Opioid Abuse

93) Retractable Technologies, Inc.

94) SB Energy DevCo (US)

95) SCOR Reinsurance Co.

96) Secretary of State, State of Delaware

97) Smiths Group plc

98) Spotify USA Inc.

99) State of Rhode Island

100) SunPower Corporation

101) Tenable, Inc.

102) The Business Roundtable

103) The Capital Group Companies, Inc. and its Affiliates

104) The Ickes & Enright Group (Northwell Health fka North Shore-LIJ)

105) The Ickes & Enright Group, Inc. (on behalf of Consortium for Worker Education)

106) The Ickes and Enright Group (on behalf of Greater New York Hospital Association)

107) The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

108) Tiber Creek Health Strategies, Inc. (on behalf of Eli Lilly and Company)

109) Tiber Creek Health Strategies, Inc. (On behalf of Genentech, Inc.)

110) Tiber Creek Health Strategies, Inc. (On behalf of Novartis)

111) TPI Composites, Inc.

112) U.S. Chamber of Commerce fka U.S. Chamber of Commerce-Institute for Legal Reform

113) Uber Technologies, Inc.

114) UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

115) Univision Communications Inc.

116) Vertex Pharmaceuticals

117) Viacom, Inc.