Daniel Ritter is a partner in the Public Policy and Law practice group. Mr. Ritter spearheads the public policy innovation and sustainability, and the philanthropic sub-practice groups.
Mr. Ritter's clients include the major Washington, D.C. trade associations for nanotechnology, clean technology and renewable energy, neurotechnology, the U.S. commercial space industry, and clean water and sanitation technologies, in addition to a wide variety of U.S. and international companies in these fields. His philanthropic/nonprofit clients include a variety of non-governmental organizations focused on sustainable development in the developing world and in the United States.
Mr. Ritter works to improve public policy decision-making by bringing to bear the innovation and entrepreneurial expertise of the emerging technology sector and the experience of the philanthropic community in addressing fundamental social needs in sustainable development
He coordinates policy advocacy campaigns, advocates policy positions with federal legislators and administrative agencies, prepares legal and strategic policy analysis, and develops legislation and testimony for Congressional hearings. Mr. Ritter also has experience with the tax rules governing policy activities by the non-profit sector.
W. Dennis Stephens is a government affairs counselor at K&L Gates. He previously served as a senior staff member for several House Republican members, including former Majority Leader Dick Armey. Dennis has more than 37 years working in Republican campaigns, policy, and political matters including more than 21 years experience as a Republican lobbyist.
Dennis works on a wide range of public policy issues including tax, technology, foreign policy, and transportation on behalf of Fortune 500 companies, associations, and small businesses.
Dennis has worked closely with many Republicans in the House and Senate including members of the Republican Study Committee. He has especially close relationships with the House Republican leadership and senior staff as well as many of the incoming freshmen.
In addition, Dennis has worked closely for more than two decades with every leading conservative activist and grassroots organization including The Heritage Foundation, Americans for Tax Reform, FreedomWorks, Americans for Prosperity, and the Family Research Council.
Dennis is very active in the conservative movement and is a regular speaker for the Leadership Institute Capitol Hill Staff School. He is also consulted regularly by Republican elected officials to review both policy issues and electoral strategy and tactics.
Prior to working on Capitol Hill, Dennis spent three years in the second term of the Reagan Administration, including the Office of Presidential Personnel in the White House.
Eli M. Schooley is an associate in the firm's Washington, D.C. office, where he is a member of the public policy and law practice group. Mr. Schooley focuses his practice on federal legislative and regulatory policy issues related to government ethics, financial services, tax, appropriations, and trade.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Schooley served as legislative intern to U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (KS), focusing on higher education issues in his capacity there. In college, while student body president at Kansas State University, he worked closely with the university's office of governmental affairs to organize and participate in various state and federal lobbying events, aimed at securing greater federal funding for the university, gaining support for enhanced student research experiences, and the enactment of the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act. He is an active member of the K&L Gates' LGBTQ affinity group. Mr. Schooley graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in May 2017, and joined the firm shortly thereafter.
Mr. Walsh is a government affairs counselor in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives where he served from 1989 to 2009. During his tenure in Congress, Mr. Walsh served as a deputy Republican whip from 1994-2006. He was appointed as a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee where he served from 1993-2009. During that time he became Chairman of four House Appropriations Subcommittees: District of Columbia; Legislative Branch; VA, HUD and Independent Agencies (NASA, EPA, FEMA, NSF, Selective Service); and Military Quality of Life (included jurisdiction for Military Base Construction, the Defense Health Program, and Housing Accounts) and Veterans Affairs. He also served as ranking Republican member of the Labor, Health and Human Services Subcommittee on Appropriations. Earlier in his career in Congress Mr. Walsh served on the House Agriculture Committee, the Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families and on the House Administration Committee.
Sean is a government affairs coordinator who focuses on federal policy issues in the Washington, D.C. office of K&L Gates.
He concentrates on federal budget and appropriations issues pertaining to defense, bio-defense, homeland security, energy, nanotechnology, manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, telecommunications, foreign aid, education and health care. In this capacity, he has assisted and advised a variety of clients on the annual budget and appropriations process, as well as matters pertaining to federal stimulus and deficit reduction.
Sean worked for Senator Barbara A. Mikulski for two and a half years prior to joining the firm
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18) National Job Corps Associaton
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24) Astranis Space Technologies Corp.
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38) ByteDance Inc.
39) California Public Employees' Retirement System
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46) CHSPSC, LLC
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52) Clark Street Associates on behalf of Lattice Semiconductor
53) Clark Street Associates on behalf of TruckLabs
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55) Clark Street on behalf of Qorvo
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58) Coalition for Energy Efficient Jobs & Investment
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62) Community Capital Management, LLC d/b/a CRAFund Advisory, Inc.
64) Conservation International Foundation
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66) Consumer Technology Association
67) Cumberland County Hospital System d/b/a Cape Fear Valley Health System
69) Disability Benefits Deadline Initiative
71) Edelman Financial Engines f/k/a Financial Engines
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73) ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND
74) Equinix, Inc.
75) Financial Accounting Foundation
76) FinCom Ltd.
77) First Trust Portfolios L.P.
79) Fleet Energy America, Inc.
80) Forterra, Inc.
81) G.W. PEOPLES CONTRACTING CO. INC.
82) GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR CANNABIS COMMERCE
84) Great Elm Capital Group, Inc.
85) GREAT LAKES METRO CHAMBERS
86) Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
87) GREATER SPOKANE INCORPORATED
89) Groundfish Forum
90) Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance
92) Hyundai Motor Company, Ltd.
94) Index Industry Association
95) Industrial Technology Institute
96) Ingo Money, Inc.
97) Inmarsat PLC d/b/a Inmarsat Aviation
98) INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER LESSORS
99) INSTITUTE OF SCRAP RECYCLING INDUSTRIES, INC.
100) Intelligrated Systems, Inc. dba Honeywell Intelligrated
101) INTERNATIONAL HOUSING COALITION
102) James Hardie Building Products, Inc.
103) John Lefas
104) Just Greens LLC
105) LAKE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
107) Launch on Demand Corporation
108) LEHIGH HANSON INC.
109) LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION
110) LOWER PASSAIC RIVER STUDY AREA COOP
111) Lynas USA, LLC
112) Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, Inc.
113) MADE IN SPACE
114) MAGNOLIA LNG LLC
115) MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY, INC.
116) MATSON NAVIGATION
117) Maxar Technologies Holdings Inc. f/k/a SSL MDA Holdings
118) McDermott International, Inc. f/k/a CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON (CB&I)
119) Michael L. Taylor
120) Midwater Trawlers Cooperative
121) Moda Health
122) MUSEUM OF FLIGHT
123) NANOBUSINESS COMMERCIALIZATION ASSOCIATION
124) Nanotronics Imaging, Inc.
125) National Assn for Biomedical Research
126) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAPTER THIRTEEN TRUSTEES (NACTT)
127) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRAILER MANUFACTURERS
128) NCL CORPORATION LTD.
129) NextStep Interacative Inc.
130) Nortek Security & Control LLC
131) NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
132) Olympus Power LLC
133) Oshkosh Corporation
135) PacifiCorp Energy
137) PAPER RECYCLING COALITION
138) Parsyl, Inc.
140) Pinnacle Treatment Centers
141) PITNEY BOWES
143) Poplicus Incorporated d/b/a Govini
144) Port of Moses Lake
145) Port of Portland
146) PPG Industries Inc.
147) PRIMET PRECISION MATERIALS, INC.
148) PRN Software
149) Quantum Industry Coalition
150) Qurate Retail, Inc. f/k/a LIBERTY INTERACTIVE CORPORATION
151) QVC, INC.
152) R.T. G. Furniture Corp. d/b/a Rooms to Go
153) Receivables Management Association fka DBA INTERNATIONAL
154) RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
155) Resolve Marine Group, Inc.
156) Savion, LLC
157) Seastreak LLC
158) Sierra Pacific Industries
159) SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND
160) Spire Global, Inc.
162) SPRAGUE ENERGY CORP.
163) ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY PILOTS ASSN.
165) STEELCASE, INC.
167) Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Corporation
168) Suntory Business Expert Limited
169) Texas LNG
170) The ESOP Association
171) The First Church of Christ, Scientist
172) The World Dog Alliance Limited
173) TM3 Systems
175) TOWN OF FUQUAY-VARINA, NC
176) Tradebe Treatment and Recycling, LLC
177) Trans AstroNautica Corporation d/b/a TransAstra
178) Trans-Atlantic Business Council
179) TRANSPHORM INC.
181) TRI-CITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
182) TrueBlue, Inc.
183) Turing Inc.
184) U.S. Global Leadership Campaign
185) United Catcher Boats
186) United States Cannabis Council
187) Vanguard Charitable
188) Velocys Inc
189) Veolia Nuclear Solutions f/k/a Kurion
190) Viamedia, Inc.
191) Vitalant
192) VOX Space
193) WATER INNOVATIONS ALLIANCE
194) WATER INNOVATIONS FOUNDATION
195) WESTERN GREAT LAKES PILOTS ASSN
196) WESTON SOLUTIONS
197) XO Energy, LLC
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4) Airport Restaurant & Retail Association
7) American Association for Justice
8) American Bankers Association
9) American Bankers Association's Card Policy Council
10) American Innovation: The AI Project, Inc
11) American Trucking Association
12) Americans for Carbon Dividends
14) Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems Intl.
15) Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
16) Bessemer Securities Corporation
17) Broadcom Inc.
18) Capital One Financial Corporation
19) Central Puget Sound Regional Transit
20) Charter Communications Operating, LLC
21) Churchill Downs, Incorporated
24) CMA CGM Group
26) Constellation Brands, Inc.
28) Crystallex
29) Diageo North America, Inc.
30) Download Fairness Coalition
33) Employment Policies Institute
34) ERA Coalition
35) Facebook, Inc.
36) FedEx
39) Genentech, Inc.
40) General Dynamics
41) General Electric
44) GovBiz Advantage, Inc. on Behalf of Aptera Motors Corp
45) GovBiz Advantage, Inc. on Behalf of Arcimoto, Inc.
46) GovBiz Advantage, Inc. on behalf of Zero Motorcycles
47) Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
49) Hess Corporation
50) Hilton Worldwide
52) Honeywell International, Inc.
53) Invest in Education Coalition
54) Iron Mountain
55) Jackson Municipal Airport Authority
59) Lytx, Inc.
60) Maplebear Inc. d/b/a Instacart
63) Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy as legal counsel to Ambac Assurance Corporation
64) National Association of Broadcasters
66) NetJets, Inc.
67) New York Life
69) Port of Seattle
71) Prudential Financial, Inc.
72) Recording Industry Association of America
73) Regional Airline Association
75) Ryan, Inc.
76) San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
81) SpaceX
83) Stephens Investment Holdings, LLC
85) T-Mobile
86) TeamHealth
87) The Alliance for Lasting Liberty c/o 1st Amendment Partnership
90) The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc
92) The Home Depot
93) The Northwest Seaport Alliance
94) Torngat Metals
95) Udacity, Inc.
96) United States Contract Weather Observing Association
97) United States Tour Operators Association
98) Viacom Inc.
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4) America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
5) American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
6) American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA)
9) Association for Accessible Medicines (Formerly - Generic Pharmaceutical Assn)
11) CCIA (Consumer Credit Industry Association)
12) Consumer Healthcare Products Association
13) CVS Health
15) Exelon Corporation formerly reporting as Pepco Holdings, Inc.
16) FMC Corporation
17) Fuels America
18) Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA
19) Google, Inc. on behalf of X
20) GS1 US
21) Humanity Forward
22) ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
23) Industrial Minerals Association North America (IMA-NA)
25) Juul Labs
27) National Electrical Manufacturers Association
28) National Job Corps Associaton
29) National Propane Gas Association (NPGA)
30) Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
31) Oath Inc. and various subsidiaries
32) Philips North America, LLC (formerly reporting as Philips Healthcare/Holding)
33) PSGC (Prairie State Generating Company)
34) Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)
36) Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board, Inc.
38) TerraPower, LLC
39) The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
41) U. S. Center for SafeSport
42) Unum Group
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