Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is the largest of its kind within any law firm in Pennsylvania. Its Government Relations Group provides a wide variety of clients with an outstanding program of advocacy services before the General Assembly and Executive Branch agencies of state government. The principals have held positions at the highest levels of state government, including former members of the House of Representatives, and a former member of the Governor's staff. In addition, they include former Chief Counsels of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and the Pennsylvania Insurance Department as well as former Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and of the Pennsylvania State Police.

Firm Specialties:
Buchanan's services include providing background information to clients and key policy makers about the potential impact of proposed legislation or regulations; effectively communicating clients' concerns to government; drafting legislation; testifying before legislative committees and regulatory hearings; drafting and distributing position papers for clients; and monitoring the General Assembly and providing clients with updates.

STEPHEN M. DEFRANK is a senior advisor in Buchanan's state government relations group. He joins Buchanan after spending 23 years of his career in Pennsylvania state government. His most recent position was chief of staff for Senator Lisa M. Boscola.

Steve brings process and policy expertise to our Pennsylvania Government Relations Practice, having worked in state government for more than 20 years. He has served in several roles in his over two decades with the Senate of Pennsylvania, including chief of staff, committee executive director, and policy director. Steve called on his strengths differently in each of those roles: as a chief of staff for Sen. Lisa Boscola, he used his organizational skills and ability to multitask to advance the senator's legislative agenda in Harrisburg and manage constituent outreach and communications in her district office. As Executive Director for the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee, Steve grasped new concepts quickly and effectively, and developed an area of expertise in issues affecting the energy and utility sectors. As Policy Director, he worked as a jack of all trades to advance a caucus-wide agenda that included initiatives related to legalized gaming, community and economic development, workforce development, education initiatives and government reform.

RACHAEL ESTES

(Pennsylvania)
Clients:
Clients:

1) Acivilate

2) Advantage Capital

3) Alliance for Automotive Innovation

4) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates

5) Amazon.com Services LLC

6) AQUA PENNSYLVANIA INC

7) ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES OF PA

8) Astellas Pharma US, Inc.

9) Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh

10) Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region

11) Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities of Philhaven

12) Childrens Home of Bradford

13) Colonial Management Group

14) Comcast Corporation

15) Commonwealth License Beverage Association

16) Community Energy, Inc

17) Community Media of South Central PA

18) Conservative Energy Network

19) Constellation Energy Generation, LLC

20) Consumer Data Industry Association

21) Contact Tracer Staffing and Workforce Management

22) CopyWatch

23) Cresco Labs

24) Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School

25) Cypress Creek Renewables

26) Dairy Farmers of America

27) Dakota Renewable Energy, LLC

28) Direct Energy

29) Direct Energy Services, LLC

30) Dutch Harvest, LLC

31) Election IQ

32) Emergency Response Training and Certification Association

33) ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, LLC dba ENTERPRISE MOBILITY

34) Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of Pittsburgh, LLC dba Enterprise Mobility

35) Erie Zoological Society

36) Families Against Mandatory Minimums

37) Family First Homecare

38) G2Lytics

39) Geronimo Energy

40) H. W. Lochner, Inc.

41) Harrisburg Downtown Improvement District

42) Highview Commercial, LLC

43) HOSPITAL & HEALTHSYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA

44) IGT and Its Affiliates

45) IGT Global Solutions

46) INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS

47) Injured Workers Pharmacy

48) InVision Human Services

49) Jewish Community Alliance of NEPA

50) Keystone Sanitary Landfill

51) Keystone State Railroad Association

52) Lancaster General Health

53) Las Vegas Sands Corp.

54) Lebanon Valley College

55) Lehigh Valley Zoological Society

56) Lexmark International

57) Liquor Enforcement Association

58) Malt Beverage Distributors Association of PA

59) Medtronic, Inc.

60) Misericordia University

61) Motor Vehicle Protection Products Association

62) Mount Airy #1, LLC

63) NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH

64) Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers, Inc.

65) New Story, Inc.

66) Norristown Zoological Society/Elmwood Park Zoo

67) Northwoods

68) Nurse Family Partnership

69) PA ASSOC OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS

70) PA Zoological Council

71) Pattern Energy

72) PayIt, LLC

73) PENNSYLVANIA AMUSEMENT AND MUSIC MACHINE ASSOCIATION

74) Pennsylvania Association of Naturopathic Physicians

75) Pennsylvania Cannabis Coalition

76) PENNSYLVANIA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE

77) PENNSYLVANIA COALITION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS

78) Pennsylvania General Energy

79) PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION

80) Pennsylvania Hearing Healthcare Association

81) PENNSYLVANIA OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION

82) PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION

83) PENNSYLVANIA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (PSEA)

84) Pennsylvanians Against Gerrymandering

85) Pennsylvanians for Responsible Government

86) Pennsylvanians for Responsible Medical Marijuana Research

87) PENRAC LLC dba Enterprise Mobility

88) Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC

89) Perdue AgriBusiness

90) Philadelphia Zoo

91) Philadelphians for a Fair Future

92) Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

93) PMCAction

94) Pocono Springs Development

95) Real Alternatives

96) Rockland Associates, Inc.

97) Shell Oil Company

98) Signallamp Health

99) Sky King Fireworks

100) Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

101) Speak Up!

102) St. Joseph's Preparatory School

103) Stevens & Lee, P.C.

104) Sunset Hills Medical

105) Systems & Methods, Inc.

106) Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

107) The Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation

108) The Commonwealth Medical College

109) The EADS Group

110) Tioga County Board of Commissioners

111) Tobyhanna Township

112) TransparentBusiness, Inc.

113) Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.

114) United Fiber & Data

115) UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS

116) Villanova University

117) Virtual learning Network

118) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

119) Volunteers of America Delaware Valley

120) Warren County Board of Commissioners

121) West Norriton Township

122) Western Pennsylvania Golf Association

123) Whole Plants, LLC

124) Ygrene Energy Fund

125) Zelenkofske Axelrod LLC

Clients:

1) Acivilate

2) Advantage Capital

3) Alliance for Automotive Innovation

4) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates

5) Amazon.com Services LLC

6) AQUA PENNSYLVANIA INC

7) ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES OF PA

8) Astellas Pharma US, Inc.

9) Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh

10) Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region

11) Catholic Charities Diocese of Harrisburg

12) Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia

13) Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities of Philhaven

14) Childrens Home of Bradford

15) Colonial Management Group

16) Comcast Corporation

17) Common Craft Holding, LLC

18) Commonwealth License Beverage Association

19) Community Energy, Inc

20) Community Media of South Central PA

21) Conservative Energy Network

22) Constellation Energy Generation, LLC

23) Contact Tracer Staffing and Workforce Management

24) CopyWatch

25) Cresco Labs

26) Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School

27) Cypress Creek Renewables

28) Dairy Farmers of America

29) Dakota Renewable Energy, LLC

30) Direct Energy

31) Election IQ

32) Emergency Response Training and Certification Association

33) ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, LLC dba ENTERPRISE MOBILITY

34) Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of Pittsburgh, LLC dba Enterprise Mobility

35) Erie Zoological Society

36) Families Against Mandatory Minimums

37) Family First Homecare

38) G2Lytics

39) Geronimo Energy

40) Griffin Holdings

41) H. W. Lochner, Inc.

42) Harrisburg Downtown Improvement District

43) Highview Commercial, LLC

44) HOSPITAL & HEALTHSYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA

45) IGT and Its Affiliates

46) IGT Global Solutions

47) INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS

48) Injured Workers Pharmacy

49) Integrated Rroadways, LLC

50) InVision Human Services

51) Jewish Community Alliance of NEPA

52) Keystone Sanitary Landfill

53) Keystone State Railroad Association

54) Lancaster General Health

55) Las Vegas Sands Corp.

56) Lebanon Valley College

57) Lehigh Valley Zoological Society

58) Lexmark International

59) Liquor Enforcement Association

60) Malt Beverage Distributors Association of PA

61) Medtronic, Inc.

62) Misericordia University

63) Motor Vehicle Protection Products Association

64) Mount Airy #1, LLC

65) NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH

66) Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers, Inc.

67) New Story, Inc.

68) Norristown Zoological Society/Elmwood Park Zoo

69) Northwoods

70) Nurse Family Partnership

71) Office of Catholic Education

72) PA ASSOC OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS

73) PA Zoological Council

74) Pattern Energy

75) PayIt, LLC

76) Pennsylvania Association of Naturopathic Physicians

77) Pennsylvania Cannabis Coalition

78) PENNSYLVANIA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE

79) PENNSYLVANIA COALITION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS

80) Pennsylvania General Energy

81) PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION

82) Pennsylvania Hearing Healthcare Association

83) PENNSYLVANIA OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION

84) PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION

85) PENNSYLVANIA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (PSEA)

86) Pennsylvanians Against Gerrymandering

87) Pennsylvanians for Responsible Government

88) Pennsylvanians for Responsible Medical Marijuana Research

89) PENRAC LLC dba Enterprise Mobility

90) Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC

91) Perdue AgriBusiness

92) Philadelphia Zoo

93) Philadelphians for a Fair Future

94) Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

95) PMCAction

96) Pocono Springs Development

97) Real Alternatives

98) Rockland Associates, Inc.

99) SH Advisors, LLC

100) Shell Oil Company

101) Signallamp Health

102) Sky King Fireworks

103) Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

104) Speak Up!

105) St. Joseph's Preparatory School

106) Sunset Hills Medical

107) Systems & Methods, Inc.

108) Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

109) Teachers of Tomorrow

110) The Caring Cupboard

111) The Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation

112) The Commonwealth Medical College

113) The EADS Group

114) The Enterprise Center

115) The Port-A-John

116) Tioga County Board of Commissioners

117) Tobyhanna Township

118) TransparentBusiness, Inc.

119) Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.

120) United Fiber & Data

121) UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS

122) Valley Wellness Dispensary, LLC

123) Vanilla Mynt, LLC

124) Villanova University

125) Virtual learning Network

126) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

127) Volunteers of America Delaware Valley

128) Warren County Board of Commissioners

129) West Norriton Township

130) Western Pennsylvania Golf Association

131) Whole Plants, LLC

132) Ygrene Energy Fund

133) Zelenkofske Axelrod LLC

Clients:

1) Acivilate

2) Advantage Capital

3) AIA PENNSYLVANIA

4) Alliance for Automotive Innovation

5) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates

6) Amazon.com Services LLC

7) AQUA PENNSYLVANIA INC

8) ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES OF PA

9) Astellas Pharma US, Inc.

10) Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh

11) Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region

12) Bitcoin Depot

13) Catholic Charities Diocese of Harrisburg

14) Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia

15) Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities of Philhaven

16) Childrens Home of Bradford

17) Colonial Management Group

18) Comcast Corporation

19) Common Craft Holding, LLC

20) Commonwealth License Beverage Association

21) Community Energy, Inc

22) Community Media of South Central PA

23) Conservative Energy Network

24) Constellation Energy Generation, LLC

25) Consumer Data Industry Association

26) Contact Tracer Staffing and Workforce Management

27) CopyWatch

28) Cresco Labs

29) Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School

30) Cypress Creek Renewables

31) Dairy Farmers of America

32) Dakota Renewable Energy, LLC

33) Direct Energy

34) Dutch Harvest, LLC

35) Election IQ

36) Emergency Response Training and Certification Association

37) ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, LLC dba ENTERPRISE MOBILITY

38) Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of Pittsburgh, LLC dba Enterprise Mobility

39) Erie Zoological Society

40) Families Against Mandatory Minimums

41) Family First Homecare

42) G2Lytics

43) Geronimo Energy

44) Griffin Holdings

45) H. W. Lochner, Inc.

46) Harrisburg Downtown Improvement District

47) Highview Commercial, LLC

48) Honor Health Network

49) HOSPITAL & HEALTHSYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA

50) Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania

51) IBEW Local 459

52) IGT and Its Affiliates

53) IGT Global Solutions

54) INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS

55) Injured Workers Pharmacy

56) Integrated Rroadways, LLC

57) InVision Human Services

58) Jewish Community Alliance of NEPA

59) Keystone Sanitary Landfill

60) Keystone State Railroad Association

61) Lancaster General Health

62) Las Vegas Sands Corp.

63) Lebanon Valley College

64) Lehigh Valley Zoological Society

65) Lexmark International

66) Liquor Enforcement Association

67) Malt Beverage Distributors Association of PA

68) Medtronic, Inc.

69) Misericordia University

70) Motor Vehicle Protection Products Association

71) Mount Airy #1, LLC

72) NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH

73) Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers, Inc.

74) New Story, Inc.

75) Norristown Zoological Society/Elmwood Park Zoo

76) Northwoods

77) Nurse Family Partnership

78) Office of Catholic Education

79) PA ASSOC OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS

80) PA Zoological Council

81) Pattern Energy

82) Pauline Auberle Foundation

83) PayIt, LLC

84) Pennsylvania Association of Naturopathic Physicians

85) Pennsylvania Cannabis Coalition

86) PENNSYLVANIA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE

87) PENNSYLVANIA COALITION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS

88) Pennsylvania General Energy

89) PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION

90) Pennsylvania Hearing Healthcare Association

91) PENNSYLVANIA OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION

92) PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION

93) PENNSYLVANIA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (PSEA)

94) Pennsylvanians Against Gerrymandering

95) Pennsylvanians for Responsible Government

96) Pennsylvanians for Responsible Medical Marijuana Research

97) PENRAC LLC dba Enterprise Mobility

98) Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC

99) Perdue AgriBusiness

100) Philadelphia Zoo

101) Philadelphians for a Fair Future

102) PHL Local Gaming LLC

103) Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

104) PMCAction

105) Pocono Springs Development

106) Real Alternatives

107) Rockland Associates, Inc.

108) Sands Bethworks Gaming, LLC

109) SH Advisors, LLC

110) Shell Oil Company

111) Signallamp Health

112) Sky King Fireworks

113) Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

114) Speak Up!

115) St. Joseph's Preparatory School

116) Stevens & Lee, P.C.

117) Sunset Hills Medical

118) Systems & Methods, Inc.

119) Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

120) Teachers of Tomorrow

121) The Caring Cupboard

122) The Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation

123) The Commonwealth Medical College

124) The EADS Group

125) The Enterprise Center

126) The Port-A-John

127) The Vista Foundation on behalf of The Vista School

128) Tioga County Board of Commissioners

129) Tobyhanna Township

130) TransparentBusiness, Inc.

131) Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.

132) United Fiber & Data

133) UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS

134) United Food and Commercial Workers

135) Valley Wellness Dispensary, LLC

136) Vanilla Mynt, LLC

137) Villanova University

138) Virtual learning Network

139) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

140) Volunteers of America Delaware Valley

141) Warren County Board of Commissioners

142) West Norriton Township

143) Western Pennsylvania Golf Association

144) Whole Plants, LLC

145) Ygrene Energy Fund

146) Zelenkofske Axelrod LLC

Clients:

1) Acivilate

2) Advantage Capital

3) AIA PENNSYLVANIA

4) Alliance for Automotive Innovation

5) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates

6) Amazon.com Services LLC

7) AQUA PENNSYLVANIA INC

8) ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES OF PA

9) Astellas Pharma US, Inc.

10) Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh

11) Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region

12) Bitcoin Depot

13) Catholic Charities Diocese of Harrisburg

14) Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia

15) Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities of Philhaven

16) Childrens Home of Bradford

17) Colonial Management Group

18) Comcast Corporation

19) Common Craft Holding, LLC

20) Commonwealth License Beverage Association

21) Community Energy, Inc

22) Community Media of South Central PA

23) Conservative Energy Network

24) Constellation Energy Generation, LLC

25) Consumer Data Industry Association

26) Contact Tracer Staffing and Workforce Management

27) CopyWatch

28) Cresco Labs

29) Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School

30) Cypress Creek Renewables

31) Dairy Farmers of America

32) Dakota Renewable Energy, LLC

33) Direct Energy

34) Dutch Harvest, LLC

35) Election IQ

36) Emergency Response Training and Certification Association

37) ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, LLC dba ENTERPRISE MOBILITY

38) Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of Pittsburgh, LLC dba Enterprise Mobility

39) Erie Zoological Society

40) Families Against Mandatory Minimums

41) Family First Homecare

42) G2Lytics

43) Geronimo Energy

44) Griffin Holdings

45) H. W. Lochner, Inc.

46) Harrisburg Downtown Improvement District

47) Highview Commercial, LLC

48) Honor Health Network

49) HOSPITAL & HEALTHSYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA

50) Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania

51) IBEW Local 459

52) IGT and Its Affiliates

53) IGT Global Solutions

54) INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS

55) Injured Workers Pharmacy

56) Integrated Rroadways, LLC

57) InVision Human Services

58) Jewish Community Alliance of NEPA

59) Keystone Sanitary Landfill

60) Keystone State Railroad Association

61) Lancaster General Health

62) Las Vegas Sands Corp.

63) Lebanon Valley College

64) Lehigh Valley Zoological Society

65) Lexmark International

66) Liquor Enforcement Association

67) Malt Beverage Distributors Association of PA

68) Medtronic, Inc.

69) Misericordia University

70) Motor Vehicle Protection Products Association

71) Mount Airy #1, LLC

72) NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH

73) Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers, Inc.

74) New Story, Inc.

75) Norristown Zoological Society/Elmwood Park Zoo

76) Northwoods

77) Nurse Family Partnership

78) Office of Catholic Education

79) PA ASSOC OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS

80) PA Zoological Council

81) Pattern Energy

82) Pauline Auberle Foundation

83) PayIt, LLC

84) Pennsylvania Association of Naturopathic Physicians

85) Pennsylvania Cannabis Coalition

86) PENNSYLVANIA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE

87) PENNSYLVANIA COALITION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS

88) Pennsylvania General Energy

89) PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION

90) Pennsylvania Hearing Healthcare Association

91) PENNSYLVANIA OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION

92) PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION

93) PENNSYLVANIA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (PSEA)

94) Pennsylvanians Against Gerrymandering

95) Pennsylvanians for Responsible Government

96) Pennsylvanians for Responsible Medical Marijuana Research

97) PENRAC LLC dba Enterprise Mobility

98) Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC

99) Perdue AgriBusiness

100) Philadelphia Zoo

101) Philadelphians for a Fair Future

102) Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

103) PMCAction

104) Pocono Springs Development

105) Real Alternatives

106) Rockland Associates, Inc.

107) Sands Bethworks Gaming, LLC

108) SH Advisors, LLC

109) Shell Oil Company

110) Signallamp Health

111) Sky King Fireworks

112) Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

113) Speak Up!

114) St. Joseph's Preparatory School

115) Stevens & Lee, P.C.

116) Sunset Hills Medical

117) Systems & Methods, Inc.

118) Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

119) Teachers of Tomorrow

120) The Caring Cupboard

121) The Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation

122) The Commonwealth Medical College

123) The EADS Group

124) The Enterprise Center

125) The Port-A-John

126) The Vista Foundation on behalf of The Vista School

127) Tioga County Board of Commissioners

128) Tobyhanna Township

129) TransparentBusiness, Inc.

130) Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.

131) United Fiber & Data

132) UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS

133) United Food and Commercial Workers

134) Valley Wellness Dispensary, LLC

135) Vanilla Mynt, LLC

136) Villanova University

137) Virtual learning Network

138) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

139) Volunteers of America Delaware Valley

140) Warren County Board of Commissioners

141) West Norriton Township

142) Western Pennsylvania Golf Association

143) Whole Plants, LLC

144) Ygrene Energy Fund

145) Zelenkofske Axelrod LLC

Clients: