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JAMES HODGES

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website

I was Governor of South Carolina from 1999-2003, and built a national practice advising clients on issues with the nation's governors, banking regulators, and insurance commissioners. I also work with our South Carolina team on various projects specific to our state.

15-20 years

National Co-Chair of Obama Presidential Campaign, 2008
Best Lawyers in America, 2008 - 2020
Lawyer of the Year, Government Relations Practice, Columbia, SC, Best Lawyers, 2020

MONTE STEVENS

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website

Monte Stevens joins Southern Strategy Group after serving more than a decade in Florida government. After serving in the Legislative Affairs office of the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Financial Services, Monte joined the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) in 2008 where he led OIR's legislative and executive lobbying effort as Deputy Chief of Staff.

While at OIR, Monte was instrumental in the passage of legislation relating to all sectors of the insurance industry including landmark reforms to personal injury protection and homeowner's insurance. Most recently, Monte oversaw the passage and implementation of the NAIC model holding company act and principle based reserving for life insurers. Knowledgeable in all lines of insurance, Monte was frequently called upon to testify and present to legislative committees on a variety of subjects.

In addition to lobbying the Legislature, Monte also served as OIR's representative to the Governor and Cabinet in the rule making process. In this capacity, Monte led the effort to implement the country's first ever regulatory initiative on collateral requirements for reinsurers.

Monte also served as Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy for the Florida Medical Association where he was involved in the passage of significant medical malpractice reform. A native of Niceville, Florida, Monte was a member of two national champion debate teams at the University of Missouri-Kansas City before graduating with a degree in political science. Prior to returning to Florida, Monte attended graduate school, taught public speaking, and coached the debate teams at Kansas State University and Harvard University.

Monte and his wife Jodi live in Tallahassee.

AMBER BARNES

15-20 years

Has been named to the Columbia Regional Business Report Book of Lists as a top lobbyist for three consecutive years (2024 - 2026).

South Carolina General Assembly, Governor's Office and state agencies

Amber is a senior vice president of state government relations, assisting clients with traditional advocacy, lobbying and government relations services in matters before the South Carolina General Assembly and regulatory agencies. She has experience working with clients across industry sectors, including education, financial services, healthcare and energy. She assists clients with a variety of issues and has particular depth in the areas of non-profit advocacy and state budget requests. In addition, Amber works with multiple trade and business associations, managing programs, events, communications, membership, among other services.

Prior to joining McGuireWoods Consulting, Amber served as the director of government relations for the South Carolina Bankers Association. In that capacity, she was responsible for coordinating the organization's lobbying and legislative efforts at the state and federal level. Before that, Amber served as a leadership consultant for Alpha Delta Pi Sorority and traveled the country working with collegiate women on leadership and organizational management. She is a former intern of the Hodges Consulting Group, which was headed by former South Carolina governor and MWC president Jim Hodges.

Amber serves as the vice president of the South Carolina Girls State Foundation Board. She has been named to the Columbia Regional Business Report Book of Lists as a top lobbyist for three consecutive years (2024 - 2026).

PAUL MITCHELL

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website

Paul Mitchell joins Southern Strategy Group after having served at the top in some of the most powerful executive branch agencies in Florida government. Paul began his career in Florida government in 1988 as an aide to, then Insurance Commissioner, Tom Gallagher. In 1994, Paul was appointed Chief Cabinet Aide to former Secretary of State Sandra Mortham and specialized in financial services, environmental, and education issues. In 1998, following Tom Gallagher's election as Education Commissioner, Paul was asked to serve as the Commissioner's Chief of Staff. Six years and two successful administrations later, Paul continued to serve as Chief of Staff to Tom Gallagher, Florida's first Chief Financial Officer at the Florida Department of Insurance and then at the Department of Financial Services.

An expert in policy and administration, Paul served on several boards and commissions including the E.R.P. (Enterprise Resource Planning) Integration Task Force, a statewide effort initiated by the legislature to improve financial management of taxpayer dollars and modernize state personnel systems. Paul also served with the Florida Commission on Economic Education and the "Just Read Florida" program. Paul currently is on the board for the Florida Juvenile Justice Foundation, which is the direct support organization for the Department of Juvenile Justice.

A native Floridian from Palm Beach County, Paul was a dedicated public servant for more than fifteen years. Prior to entering government, Paul graduated with honors from Florida State University in Political Communications.

BRIAN FLYNN

  • 803-920-6797

  • 1301 Gervais St. Suite 1050ColumbiaSC29201

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website

"Brian is who you want in the trenches with you." - Travis Bussey, Community Choice Financial

15-20 years

Brian Flynn is senior vice president and director of McGuireWoods Consulting's South Carolina government relations group. He advises a diverse group of clients on government affairs strategies at both the state and national levels. Through his national practice, Brian works with Fortune 500 companies and leading trade associations to navigate complex legislative, regulatory and public policy issues.

In South Carolina, Brian represents clients before the General Assembly, executive branch agencies and local governments across a wide range of industries and policy areas.

His experience includes work in energy, health care, transportation, pharmaceuticals, alcohol beverage regulation, retail and nonprofit advocacy. Brian has extensive experience developing and implementing integrated government affairs, grassroots advocacy and public affairs strategies for clients.

An Eagle Scout, Brian graduated from The Citadel and was commissioned as a military intelligence officer in the United States Army. In 2010, he deployed to Afghanistan with the 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, where he served as the unit's tactical intelligence officer. After 22 years of military service, Brian retired from the South Carolina Army National Guard, where he most recently served as a legislative liaison.

Before joining McGuireWoods Consulting, Brian worked on numerous political and grassroots campaigns throughout South Carolina. He has been recognized in the Columbia Regional Business Report Book of Lists as one of the state's top lobbyists for three consecutive years (2024 - 2026).

Brian lives in Columbia, South Carolina, with his wife, Rachel, and their two daughters.

JASON ABEL

(Federal)
  • 202-429-6297

  • 1330 Connecticut Avenue NWWashingtonDC20036

BRIAN BARNARD

(New Jersey)
  • 973-802-6104

  • 751 Broad St.NewarkNJ07102

HUGH BARRETT

(New York)
  • 751 BROAD STREETNEWARKNJ07102

HUGH BARRETT

(Florida)
  • (857) 348-9065

  • 751 Broad StNewarkNJ07102-3754

HUGH BARRETT

(New Jersey)
  • 973-367-2510

  • 751 Broad St 14th FloorNewarkNJ07102

  • 455 Massachusetts Ave., NWSuite 1200WashingtonDC20001

  • 751 BROAD STREETNEWARKNJ07102

ELIZABETH BURKS

(Federal)

JULIE CARTER

(New Jersey)
  • 973-802-8945

  • 213 Washington St. 14th FloorNewarkNJ07102

Clients:

1) 1980 US HWY 1 LLC

2) Abira Medical Laboratories LLC d/b/a Genesis Diagnostics

3) Agri-Kind NJ LLC

4) Allied Digestive Health

5) Alpha Generation, LLC

6) American Petroleum Institute

7) Amerinox Processing, Inc.

8) Aqua New Jersey Inc

9) Arizona College of Nursing

10) Associated Builders & Contractors, NJ Chapter

11) Association of Independent Colleges & Universities in in New Jersey ("AICUNJ")

12) Base Power Company, Inc.

13) Betfair Interactive US, LLC

14) BTC III Acquisitions LLC

15) Canuso Communities Corp/Aura Development Group LLC

16) CareCentrix of NJ Inc

17) CareOne LLC

18) CarePoint Health

19) CEP Renewables LLC

20) Chelten House Products Inc.

21) Comcast Cable Communications Management LLC

22) Computer Square Inc/ CSI Technology Group

23) Courses Landing Urban Renewal LLC

24) CS Energy DevCo, LLC

25) Dow Jones & Company Inc.

26) DP Partners Logan I LLC

27) EEW American Offshore Structures, Inc.

28) Electric Power Supply Association

29) Enhance Acquisitions LLC

30) EQT Real Estate

31) Fieldstone at Delran LLC

32) Gold Bond Building Products, LLC

33) Good Energy LP

34) Harding HWY Urban Renewal LLC

35) HDR Inc.

36) Hera Property Registry, LLC

37) Hirshland & Company

38) Inspira Health Network

39) International Code Council, Inc.

40) Intersect Energy/ Intersect Advisors, LLC

41) IPT Newark Airport Logistics Center Urban Renewal LLC

42) Johnson Development Associates, Inc. and Its Affiliates

43) Kennedy Health

44) Lovett Industrial LLC

45) LSP Transmission Holdings II, LLC

46) MainLine Investment Partners

47) Mainspring Energy Inc

48) Mansfield 2021 Urban Renewal LLC

49) Men of Steel Enterprises LLC

50) Men of Steel Rebar Fabricators, LLC

51) MLH Holdings, LLC

52) MNC Operating, LLC

53) Modern Remedies LLC

54) MONOC Hospital Service Corp.

55) MRP Industrial NE LLC

56) National Mentor Holdings, LLC d/b/u trade name The Mentor Network

57) Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children

58) New Jersey Independent Physician Practice Association

59) NJ American Water Co

60) NJ Apartment Association

61) NJ Brewers Association

62) NJ Conference of Mayors

63) NJ Independent Physician Practice Association Inc (NJIPPA)

64) NJ Land LLC

65) NJ Patient Care and Access Coalition (NJPCAC)

66) NJ Retail Merchants Association (NJRMA)

67) NJEDGE.NET Inc

68) NL Industries Inc

69) Partners Pharmacy LLC

70) Patch Management Inc

71) Paz Brothers, Inc.

72) Pediatrix Medical Group Inc

73) Pegasus Development Corporation

74) Peirce

75) Phoenix Center for Rehabilitation & Pediatrics

76) Princeton Hosted Solutions LLC

77) Prologis Logistics Services, Inc obo Three Eagles Nest LLC c/o Invesco Real Estate

78) Property Registration Champions, LLC DBA PROCHAMPS

79) Prudential Financial Inc

80) Reclamation Technologies Inc

81) Ridgewood Real Estate Partners

82) Simco Logistics Inc. d/b/a Jack & Jill D.S.D.

83) SoilSafe Inc

84) SRC Advisors LLC

85) Stalwart Equities

86) Strategic Affairs Consulting LLC

87) Surety & Fidelity Association of America (SFAA)

88) TerraTech Corp

89) Thea Energy, Inc.

90) Thomas & Robin Stavola

91) Thoroughbred Breeders' Association of New Jersey

92) Tuckerton Seaport

93) Union League National Golf Club

94) VH Atlantic City Resorts LLC

95) Vinedrea Wines, LLC

96) VNA Health Group, Inc.

97) Vulcan Materials Company

DAVID EISELSBERG

(Federal)
  • 609-310-4000

  • 128 West State StreetTrentonNJ08608

Clients:

ALEXANDRA HAYES

(New Jersey)
  • 609-394-5300

  • 50 West State Street Suite 1104TrentonNJ08608

Clients:
Clients:

1) ACTUM CA OPCO, LLC

2) ADVANCED ENERGY ECONOMY

3) ALAMEDA COUNTY WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

4) AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION

5) AUTOMOTUS

6) BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF

7) BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE GREATER SACRAMENTO AREA

8) BOEING COMPANY, THE

9) BURBANK HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

10) BUTTE, COUNTY OF

11) CALIFORNIA & NEVADA CIVIL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION, INC.

12) CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

13) CALIFORNIA ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION

14) CALIFORNIA ARTS ADVOCATES

15) CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY TREASURERS & TAX COLLECTORS

16) CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

17) CALIFORNIA CITY TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVE (CACTI)

18) CALIFORNIA COALITION ON WORKERS COMPENSATION

19) CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

20) CALIFORNIA MEDICAL SERVICES PROGRAM BOARD

21) CALIFORNIA MOVING & STORAGE ASSOCIATION

22) CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL

23) CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRISTS (CSAP)

24) CALIFORNIA TRANSIT ASSOCIATION

25) CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, INC.

26) CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST

27) CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

28) CITY OF SAN JOSE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY

29) CSAC EXCESS INSURANCE AUTHORITY

30) DEL NORTE, COUNTY OF

31) DODD AND CHAABAN STRATEGIES LLC

32) FDX CORPORATION

33) FOREFRONT POWER, LLC

34) FRESNO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

35) FRESNO, COUNTY OF

36) GOLETA, CITY OF

37) HOMIUM

38) HOPSKIPDRIVE INC.

39) HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES

40) HUMBOLDT, COUNTY OF

41) KAHL ASSOCIATES LTD.

42) KERN, COUNTY OF

43) KINGS, COUNTY OF

44) LA 2028

45) LOS ANGELES CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

46) LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

47) LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER

48) LOS ANGELES, COUNTY OF

49) MADERA, COUNTY OF

50) MARIN, COUNTY OF

51) MCCOURT PARTNERS REAL ESTATE LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES, CHAVEZ RAVINE LAND COMPANY LLC AND AERIAL RAPID TRANSIT TECHNOLOGIES LLC

52) MENDOCINO COUNTY ADMINISTRATION

53) MERCED, COUNTY OF

54) METROLINK

55) MONTEREY SALINAS TRANSIT

56) NAPA, COUNTY OF

57) NEVADA, COUNTY OF

58) NOVO NORDISK

59) OAKLAND CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

60) OFFICE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COUNSEL

61) OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, SAN FRANCISCO

62) OFFICE OF THE SAN DIEGO CITY ATTORNEY

63) OROVILLE, CITY OF

64) PACIFIC MERCHANT SHIPPING ASSOCIATION

65) PENINSULA CORRIDOR JOINT POWERS BOARD (CALTRAIN)

66) PLACER, COUNTY OF

67) PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL

68) SACRAMENTO, COUNTY OF

69) SAN DIEGO ALSO SAN DIEGO DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, COUNTY OF

70) SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

71) SAN FRANCISCO CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

72) SAN FRANCISCO MARKET CORPORATION (SF MARKET)

73) SAN JOAQUIN REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT

74) SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT

75) SAN JOAQUIN, COUNTY OF

76) SAN LUIS OBISPO, COUNTY OF

77) SAN MATEO COUNTY - CITY/COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS

78) SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT

79) SANTA CLARA, COUNTY OF

80) SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT

81) SANTA MONICA, CITY OF

82) SCHOOLS INSURANCE AUTHORITY

83) SEDGWICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.

84) SHASTA, COUNTY OF

85) SISKIYOU, COUNTY OF

86) SOLANO COUNTY TRANSIT (SOLTRANS)

87) SOLANO TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

88) SOLANO, COUNTY OF

89) SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA, CALIFORNIA CHAPTER

90) SOLOV ADVOCACY

91) SOUTH SAN JOAQUIN IRRIGATION DISTRICT

92) SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT MARKET ASSOCIATION

93) STANISLAUS, COUNTY OF

94) STORER TEST EXPRESS DBA BUS TEST EXPRESS

95) SUNLINE TRANSIT AGENCY

96) SUTTER, COUNTY OF

97) TAYLOR, KAT

98) TECHNET--TECHNOLOGY NETWORK

99) TESLA MOTORS INC.

100) TRAINING IN EARLY ABORTION FOR COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE (TEACH) A PROJECT OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS

101) TULARE, COUNTY OF

102) VIA TRANSPORTATION, INC.

103) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CITY OF

104) WESTERN PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION

105) YUBA & YUBA COUNTY WATER AGENCY, COUNTY OF

106) YUBA CITY

CURTIS JENKINS

(New Jersey)
  • 213 Washington St. 14th FloorNewarkNJ07102

COURTNEY JOHNSON

(New Jersey)
  • 609-394-5300

  • 50 West State Street Suite 1104TrentonNJ08608

Clients:

ROBERT JOHNSON

(New Jersey)
  • 609-394-5300

  • 50 West State Street Suite 1104TrentonNJ08608

Clients:
Clients:

KEVIN LOGAN

(New Jersey)
  • 609-394-5300

  • 50 West State Street Suite 1104TrentonNJ08608

Clients:

GERMAINE MARKS

(Arizona)
  • 602-617-7278

GERMAINE MARKS

(Illinois)

RAGEN MARSH

(Georgia)
Clients:

MICHAEL MCCANN

(Arizona)
  • 401-595-4069

ROBERT MONTELLIONE

(New Jersey)
  • 973-367-2510

  • 1000 Wilson Blvd Suite 1800ArlingtonVA22209

Clients:

DAVID PASCRELL

(New Jersey)
Clients:
  • 50 West State StreetTrentonNJ08608

SCARLETT RAJSKI

(New Jersey)
  • 973-367-2510

  • 751 Broad St 14th FloorNewarkNJ07102

Clients:

CHARLIE SCHREIBER

(Federal)
  • 455 Massachusetts Ave., NWSuite 1200WashingtonDC20001

Clients:

SCOTT SHEWCRAFT

(Federal)
  • 455 Massachusetts Ave., NWSuite 1200WashingtonDC20001

JONATHAN SLEMROD

(Federal)
Clients:

JAMES SMITH

(Florida)
  • (850) 671-4401

  • Po Box 10570TallahasseeFL32302-2570

Clients:
  • 751 BROAD STREETNEWARKNJ07102

PAUL ST ONGE

(New Jersey)
Clients:
Clients:

MATTHEW WEIDNER

(New Jersey)
  • 973-802-8945

  • 213 Washington St. 14th FloorNewarkNJ07102