305-490-3414
9155 S. Dadeland Blvd, Suite 1604, Miami, FL, 33156,
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What distinguishes The Southern Group from others is where we draw our lobbyists from. Our lobbyists are almost all exclusively former government regulators, legislators or high-level government staff. We know what moves the wheels of government because, at one point in our careers, we moved those wheels ourselves.
2) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
3) Apple Inc
4) Beer Industry of Florida, Inc
6) Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC
10) Delmas Homes LLC
12) Florida Blue
13) Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers
14) Florida Petroleum Marketers Association, Inc.
15) Florida Sheriffs Association
18) Habitat for Humanity of Key West and Lower FL Keys, Inc.
20) Habitat for Humanity of the Upper Keys, Inc.
22) Miami-Dade County Clerk of Courts
23) Miami-Dade County Clerk of the Courts
24) Monroe County Sheriff's Office
25) NASCAR, LLC
26) North Miami Beach Community Redevelopment Agency
27) North Miami Community Redevelopment Agency
28) Ocean Reef Club
29) Opa-Locka Community Redevelopment Agency
30) Pearl Holding Group (Ocean Harbor)
31) PRH 1301 S. Ocean Drive, LLC
32) Sunshine Gasoline Distributors, Inc
36) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.
15-20 years
National Children's Alliance, Bud Cramer Award
Florida Bar, Family Law Section, Legislative Achievement
Kristi House Service, Former President Service Award
SSG has won numerous fundraising awards and recognitions
Managing Partner, Miami office, The Southern Group
Chairman, Republican Party of Miami-Dade County
Executive Board, Republican Party of Florida
Nelson D. Diaz concentrates his practice on government and community relations. Nelson has successfully represented local governments, businesses, trade associations and other corporate clients before the Florida legislative and executive branches of government. Nelson has become one of Florida's young rising stars since serving as Chief Legislative Aide to the Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, and now United States Senator, Marco Rubio.
In addition, Nelson has successfully represented corporate entities before the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners, numerous Miami-Dade County agencies and departments, the City of Miami, the City of Hialeah, and several other municipal governments and authorities in Miami-Dade County. In addition to government relations, Nelson has successfully guided many corporate clients entering the South Florida market, providing community relations services. By advising new entrants to the market on who the key players are, which organizations to join, and how to navigate the local political waters, Nelson has assisted many clients successfully enter the South Florida and Miami markets.
Nelson began his political career as a volunteer in the 1996 Presidential campaign in Florida where he and many other young leaders, including now U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, State Senator Anitere Flores, Lt. Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera, and many other now-elected officials, worked hard to build a strong Republican Party base in South Florida. Since then, Nelson has worked on countless political campaigns in Florida from federal races for Presidential and U.S. Senate, to state races for Governor, Cabinet offices, Florida House of Representatives, and Florida Senate, as well as many local government campaigns for county commission, city councils, and mayor's races. Nelson has also been active in various business and civic organizations locally, and counts many legislators, party officials, and legislative leaders among his personal friends. As a result of Nelson's service with U.S. Senator Rubio and his involvement in many campaigns, Nelson has established an extensive network of key contacts in Miami-Dade County and within the Florida Legislature. In fact, Nelson currently serves as the Chairman of the Republican Party of Miami-Dade County and serves on the executive board of the Republican Party of Florida.
Active in the local community, Nelson served on the City of Miami's Historical and Environmental Preservation Board, protecting the city's historical and environmental treasures, as well as the Miami-Dade County Community Council of West Kendall, a local land use and zoning board. Additionally, Nelson serves as the Immediate Past President of the Board of Directors for Kristi House, Miami-Dade County's child advocacy center for child victims of sexual abuse and human trafficking as well as the Board of Directors of the Good Government Initiative, a bi-partisan organization dedicated to cultivating leaders of excellence in South Florida. Recently, Florida Governor Rick Scott appointed Nelson to the statewide Children and Youth Cabinet for his service and advocacy on behalf of Florida's children.
Nelson attended Florida International University, where he earned his Bachelor's degree in International Relations, with a Certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, as well as minors in Political Science and Geography. Nelson graduated from the University of Florida, College of Law, cum laude, and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2004.
(850) 224-1660
106 E College Ave, Ste 640, Tallahassee, FL, 32301,
1) Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.
2) Alternative Claims Management LLC.
8) Core Group
10) Fair Insurance Rates in Monroe County, Inc.
12) FL Assn for Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the Americas FAVACA
13) Florida Agencies Serving the Blind
14) Florida Blockchain Alliance
15) Florida Blockchain Foundation
16) Florida Center for the Blind
18) Florida Workforce Housing Alliance
21) GRN Funds, LLC
22) Havana Ferry Partners, LLC
23) Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of FL
24) Hyperloop Transportation Technologies
26) Leon County Board of County Commissioners
27) Lighthouse of Broward for the Blind & Visually Impaired
31) Medical Marijuana Business Association of Florida, Inc
32) Mindful
33) Minimise USA LLC
34) MJH Consulting
35) Muscogee Nation of Florida
36) National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)
38) One Ocean One Health Research and Conservation Institute
39) Penta5USA
42) Reef Relief
43) Sebastian Strong Foundation
45) Space Exploration Technologies
46) strainprint
49) Tesla, Inc.
50) The Special Committee for Healthcare Reform, LLC
52) United States Polo Association c/o USPA Global Licensing Inc.
53) United Wholesale Mortgage LLC
54) Vietnam Veterans of America, Big Bend Chapter 96
55) Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust, Inc.
56) Wendover Housing Partners, LLC
58) X Shore
(850) 577-9090
301 S Bronough St, Ste 600, Tallahassee, FL, 32301,
1) Alliance for Safety and Justice
2) American Business Immigration Coalition Action (ABIC Action)
3) Atlantic Housing Partners, LLLP
7) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries
8) Central Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America
9) Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association
10) Chief Executive Officers of Management Companies
14) City of Naples
15) City of Orlando
22) College of Central Florida Foundation, Inc
23) Coreview
24) DDER Holdings, LLC dba Birdsong Housing Partners
25) Florida Association of Counties
26) Florida Association of Free & Charitable Clinics
27) Florida Association of Insurance Agents
28) Florida Association of Rehabilitation Facilities
29) Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects
30) Florida Atlantic University Foundation, Inc.
31) Florida League of Cities, Inc.
32) Florida Library Association
33) Florida Municipal Electric Association
34) Florida Municipal Power Agency
35) Florida School Boards Association
36) Florida Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc
37) FloridaMakes
38) FMSbonds, Inc.
39) Frito-Lay, Inc
40) Gatorade
42) Greater Tampa Bay Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
43) Gulf Coast Council, Boy Scouts of America
44) Gulf Stream Council, Boy Scouts of America
45) Hendry County Board of County Commissioners
46) Hendry County Economic Development Council
47) Hillsborough County Clerk of Court and Comptroller
48) Islamorada Village of Islands
49) JEA
50) JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC
51) La Salle Educational Center, Homestead, Inc.
52) Lenovo, Inc.
54) Lumen
55) Management & Training Corporation
57) Miami Bridge Youth and Family Services, Inc.
58) Miami Downtown Development Authority
60) Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
61) Naval Continuing Care Retirement Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Fleet Landing
63) North Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America
64) Orlando Economic Partnership, Inc.
67) PepsiCo
70) SeatGeek, Inc.
71) Seavin, Inc
72) South Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America
73) Southwest Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America
74) Suwannee River Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
77) Uber Technologies, Inc. and Affiliates
78) University of Central Florida Foundation, Inc
79) Villages, The
(850) 566-4142
4442 Maylor Road, Tallahassee, FL, 32308,
1) American Great Loop Cruisers Association
5) Dennis and Graci McGillicuddy for the benefit of All Star Children's Foundation
6) Florida Healthy Alternatives Association
7) Florida Smoke Free Association
8) Florida Studio Theatre, Inc.
9) Gainesville Jewish Student Foundation, Inc.
10) Gulf County
11) Hillel at FSU Foundation, Inc.
(850) 671-4401
P.O. Box 10570, Tallahassee, FL, 32302,
3) Cengage
10) Fair Insurance Rates in Monroe (FIRM)
12) Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority
13) Florida Petroleum Marketers Association, Inc.
14) Greater Key West Chamber of Commerce
15) Habitat for Humanity of Key West and Lower FL Keys, Inc.
16) Habitat for Humanity of the Middle Keys, Inc.
17) Habitat for Humanity of the Upper Keys, Inc.
(850) 577-9090
301 S Bronough St, Suite 500, Tallahassee, FL, 32301,
1) Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, Inc.
11) City of Newberry
12) City of Orlando
14) City of Tampa
19) Florida Association of Counties
20) Florida Keys Educational Foundation, Inc.
21) Florida League of Cities, Inc
22) Florida Sheriffs Association
25) Habitat for Humanity of Florida, Inc
26) Islamorada Village of Islands
27) Marion County Board of County Commissioners
29) Miami Bridge Youth and Family Services, Inc.
31) Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
32) The Housing Authority of the City of Key West, Florida
33) The Trust for Public Land Action Fund
(561) 317-0889
201 W Park Avenue, Suite 100, Tallahassee, FL, 32301,
(786) 255-5755
215 S. Monroe Street, Suite 601, Tallahassee, FL, 32301,
8) Florida Certification Board
9) Florida Marine Life Association
12) Indian River County Board of County Commissioners
13) JSA (Jim Stidham & Associates)
(850) 222-9075
124 W. Jefferson St., Ste 502, Tallahassee, Florida, 32301,
2) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC
5) American Traffic Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Verra Mobility
7) Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter Inc.
8) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.
11) Atkins North America, Inc.
13) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC
14) Boatsetter
16) Brandt Information Services
17) Broward College Foundation
18) Broward County
20) C.W. Roberts Contracting Inc.
21) Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.
22) CDR Maguire
24) Cicero Action
25) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC
30) Clara Homes
31) Cody Khan
33) Community US Fund Management Inc.
34) Coventry
35) CVS Health and All Affiliates
37) Development Corporation for Israel
38) DialCare, LLC.
42) Elevated, LLC
44) Emovis USA, Inc.
45) Environmental Resilient Communities LLC
46) EPAM Government Solutions, LLC.
47) Field of Dreams
48) Florida Alliance for Vacation Rentals
49) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
50) Florida Community Financial Services Association
51) Florida Credit Union Association
52) Florida Institute of Technology
53) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.
54) Florida Power & Light Company
55) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association
56) Florida Realtors
57) Florida Surplus Lines Association
58) Florida Transportation Builders Association
59) Florida Vacation Rental Management Association
60) Fox Corporation
62) Gartner, Inc.
63) George Hackney Inc. d/b/a Trulieve
66) Haleon Consumer Healthcare
67) Hillpointe, LLC
69) INSIGHTEC
70) International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
71) K9s for Warriors
72) Kalshi Inc.
73) Land Sea Homes
75) Life Science Logistics, LLC
76) Litecon LLC
77) Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc.
78) Loggerhead Marinelife Center
79) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.
81) Memorial Healthcare System
83) Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
84) National Speech & Debate Association
85) Neal Communities
87) Neal Land Development Group
88) New College Foundation, Inc.
89) Nile Inc.
90) North American Transit Alliance
91) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC
92) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.
93) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
95) Orlando Health
96) Palm Beach Atlantic University
97) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
98) Palm Beach Zoo
99) Paypal
100) PCI Gaming
101) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.
102) Polk County Board of County Commissioners
103) Primerica, Inc.
104) PrizePicks
105) Project LIFT
106) Promise Network Inc.
107) Quintessence Marine, Inc.
108) RAI Services Company
110) RELX Inc.
111) Renaissance Learning, Inc.
112) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC
113) Ryan, LLC
114) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.
115) SaferWatch, LLC
116) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida
117) SAI Interactive
118) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
119) School Board of Brevard County
120) Sellers Dorsey
121) Sobe Sky Development, LLC
123) St. Petersburg College Foundation
124) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.
125) Starkey Hearing Technologies
126) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC
128) Tamiami 137, LLC
129) Tampa Bay Rays
130) The City of Miami
131) The City of Venice
132) The Coalition of Attainable Housing Providers of Florida, Inc.
133) The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.
134) The Everglades Trust
135) The GEO Group, Inc.
136) The North Highland Company
138) TRC Companies, Inc.
139) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.
140) University of Florida Student Government Association
141) University of Miami
142) Veyer, LLC
143) Visa U.S.A. Inc.
144) Waste Management Inc. of Florida
145) WolfCap Team, LLC
146) Woolpert, Inc.
(850) 222-9075
124 W. Jefferson St., Suite 502, Tallahassee, Florida, 32301,
1) Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
2) Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorder Association d/b/a Alzheimer's Association
5) C.W. Roberts Contracting Inc.
8) Coastal Conservation Association Florida
12) Florida Alliance for Vacation Rentals
13) Florida Credit Union Association
14) Florida Ground Water Association
15) Florida Marine Life Association
16) Florida Polytechnic University Foundation, Inc.
17) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association
18) Florida Realtors
19) Florida Vacation Rental Management Association
20) Greyter Water Systems Inc.
21) HNTB Corporation
24) Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
25) Northwest Florida State College Foundation, Inc.
26) Overseas Shipholding Group Inc.
28) Palm Beach Zoo
30) Preferred Care Hospice LLC
31) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC
33) SSA Marine, Inc.
34) Stephen Dibbs
35) Tamiami 137, LLC
36) Tampa Port Authority d/b/a Port Tampa Bay
37) The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.
39) The Great Florida Riverway Trust
42) Town of St. Lucie Village, Florida
43) USF Foundation
(850) 577-9090
301 S. Bronough Street, Suite 500, Tallahassee, FL, 32301,
1) Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, Inc.
2) Apexon
5) Broward County Clerk of Courts
11) City of Leesburg
12) City of Maitland
14) City of Newberry
15) City of Orlando
18) City of Tampa
22) Diligent Waste & Recycling, LLC
23) Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
25) Florida Association of Counties
26) Florida Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
29) Florida Municipal Broadband Alliance
30) Florida Municipal Electric Association
31) Florida Municipal Insurance Trust
32) Florida Municipal Natural Gas Association
33) Florida Municipal Power Agency
34) Florida Redevelopment Association
35) Florida Sheriffs Association
37) Goldstein Brownfield's Group, LLC
39) Islamorada Village of Islands
40) JEA
41) Jimmy Levy Revocable Trust
42) Marion County Board of County Commissioners
45) Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
47) Orlando Utilities Commission
48) PepsiCo
49) Philip T. Feldsine Revocable Trust
51) Sunrun, Inc.
52) The Trust for Public Land Action Fund
54) Villages, The
55) WSP USA INC.
(757) 870-4604
204 S Monroe St, Tallahassee, FL, 32301,
(850) 425-4050
300 S Duval St Ste 410, Ste. 410, Tallahassee, FL, 32301-1703,
(850) 671-4401
Po Box 10570, Tallahassee, FL, 32302-2570,
2) Airbnb, Inc.
3) AirSight
4) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
6) American Property Casualty Insurance Association
8) Apple Inc
9) Aramark Correctional Services, LLC
10) Artificial Intelligence for Manufacturing, Inc. (AIM)
12) Baldwin Risk Partners, LLC
13) Bay County Board of County Commissioners
15) Beer Industry of Florida, Inc
17) Brava Roof Tile
19) Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC
20) Canaery, Inc.
22) CGL Companies
25) City of Marathon
27) Colonial Management Group, LP
28) Copart, Inc
30) Equifax
31) Fidelity National Financial, Inc
32) Florida Blue
33) Florida Prepaid College Foundation, Inc
34) Florida Pulp & Paper Association
35) Florida Senior Living Association
36) Florida Sheriffs Association
38) Friends of Florida Iron & Steel
39) Gopher Resource
42) Gulfstream Natural Gas System, LLC
48) Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC and Affiliates
49) LEO Technologies
50) Lumina Ai
53) Metro Development Group, LLC
54) Monroe County Sheriff's Office
56) NASCAR, LLC
57) National Emergency Management and Response
59) Nutanix, Inc.
61) OpenAI
62) Panhandle Engineering, Inc.
64) Phillips Infrastructure Corp.
65) Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care, Inc
67) Putnam County
69) Rayonier, Inc
70) ReCap, LLC
72) Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC
74) SCI Funeral Services of Florida, Inc
77) SMG Drones, LLC dba DARIUS
78) Southern Gardens Citrus Holding Corporation
80) Sunshine Gasoline Distributors, Inc
81) Talitrix LLC.
83) TECO Energy, Inc
84) The Figgers Foundation, Inc.
87) United States Sugar Corporation
88) Universal Protection Service, LLC
90) Vestcor Companies, Inc., The
(954) 383-6608
123 South Adams Street, Tallahassee, FL, 32301,
3) Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC
10) Fair Insurance Rates in Monroe (FIRM)
12) Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers
13) Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority
14) Florida Petroleum Marketers Association, Inc.
15) Greater Key West Chamber of Commerce
17) Habitat for Humanity of Key West and Lower FL Keys, Inc.
(850) 251-2116
708 N Forest Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32303,
(850) 671-4401
Po Box 10570, Tallahassee, FL, 32302-2570,
2) Apple Inc
3) Association of Florida Colleges, Inc
7) Chabad Hebrew Academy, Inc.
9) Code.org
11) D2L, Ltd.
13) Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County
14) Edmentum, Inc.
15) Episcopal Children's Services, Inc.
16) Evolv Technology
18) Florida SouthWestern State College Foundation
19) Florida State College at Jacksonville Foundation
20) HeyTutor, Inc.
21) IBM
22) International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
24) Junior Achievement of Florida Foundation, Inc.
25) Merlyn Mind Inc.
26) Monroe County School District
27) National Geographic Learning
30) Prodigy Learning Limited c/o TSG Education Advisors, LLC
31) Prometric LLC
33) Risepoint, LLC
34) School Board of Broward County
35) SchooLinks, Inc.
36) Southern Regional Education Board
38) TSG Education Advisors, LLC.
39) Workbay LLC
