804-775-1938
800 E. Canal Street, Richmond, VA, 23219,
Subjects: Agencies/Regulations, Ballot Measures/Campaign Finance/Elections, Business/Commerce, City/County Government, Energy/Utilities, Finance/Banking, Food/Restaurants, Health Care, Insurance, Manufacturing, Medicare/Medicaid, Professional/Vocational Licensing, Public Safety, RFP/Procurement, Science/Technology, Taxes, Tourism/Hospitality, Transportation/Vehicles
I help clients connect the dots so they can see the big picture of how policy, politics, press and political personalities impact their businesses. As an attorney and a lobbyist, I guide clients through the political, legislative, legal and regulatory landscape to create pathways to grow their businesses.
20+ years
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Government Relations, 2011-2020
Member, Virginia Code Commission
Commissioner (Virginia), Uniform Law Commission
In addition to being an attorney with McGuireWoods LLP, Chris is an executive vice president in McGuireWoods Consulting. His government affairs practice consists of representing clients before the Virginia legislature, executive branch and state and local agencies.
Chris' legal practice involves advising companies on political law compliance activities, including lobbying, gift restrictions involving public officials, campaign finance, and government ethics laws. He also holds the CIPP/US credential as a Certified Information Privacy Professional from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).
With more than 25 years of experience in Virginia government and politics, Chris has developed a deep knowledge of Virginia state and local government and the legislative and regulatory process. Drawing on his experience as a lobbyist and as the former chief counsel to a Virginia attorney general, Chris assists clients in developing and implementing legislative and regulatory strategies to meet their business and public policy objectives.
Chris brings a unique perspective to his political law practice because of his government relations experience. Understanding the political process and the practice of government relations is essential to advising a client on how to comply with the myriad of federal, state and local rules governing lobbying, ethics, conflicts of interest, ethics in public procurement and campaign finance, while still achieving the client's business and public policy objectives.
804.775.1904
800 E. Canal Street, Richmond, VA, 23219,
1) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
2) Churchill Downs Incorporated
4) Delaware North Companies, Inc.
6) Elections Systems & Software, LLC
7) Focused Ultrasound Foundation
8) GEICO
10) International Sleep Products Association (ISPA)
11) MAXIMUS Inc.
12) Ocean Harvesters
2766191199
2307 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA, 23223,
4) Bristol Resort & Casino, LLC
5) Federation of Virginia Food Banks
7) National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc.
8) Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative
9) Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
12) Prologis
13) Roanoke Gas Co.
14) Smurfit WestRock
16) Vapor Technology Association
17) Virginia Agribusiness Council
18) Virginia Association of REALTORS (DBA Virginia REALTORS®)
19) Virginia Beverage Association
20) Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association
804-644-7884
PO Box 170, Richmond, VA, 23218,
2026391203
701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 590, Suite 590, Washington, DC, 20004,
804-644-7884
PO Box 170, Richmond, VA, 23218,
3) American Electric Power Service Corporation-Nuclear Development
10) Bloom Energy
11) Bristol Resort & Casino, LLC
13) Community Association Institute Virginia Legislative Action Committee
14) EMD Serono, Inc.
15) Federation of Virginia Food Banks
16) Hart InterCivic
17) HCA-The Healthcare Company
18) KPMG LLP
20) MTM, Inc.
21) Mythics Inc.
23) Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative
24) Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
25) Old Dominion University Research Foundation
27) Pfizer, Inc.
28) Prologis
29) Prysmian Group
30) Roanoke Gas Co.
31) SCI Virginia Funeral Services, Inc.
32) Smurfit WestRock
35) Unite US
36) Vapor Technology Association
37) Virginia Association of REALTORS (DBA Virginia REALTORS®)
38) Virginia Automobile Dealers Association
39) Virginia Beverage Association
40) Virginia Dental Association
41) Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association
804-852-7057
PO Box 170, Richmond, VA, 23218,
2) American Electric Power Service Corporation-Nuclear Development
7) Bloom Energy
8) Bristol Resort & Casino, LLC
10) Federation of Virginia Food Banks
11) Hart InterCivic
12) HCA-The Healthcare Company
13) KPMG LLP
15) Mythics Inc.
18) Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
19) Old Dominion University Research Foundation
21) Pfizer, Inc.
22) Prologis
23) Prysmian Group
25) SCI Virginia Funeral Services, Inc.
26) Smurfit WestRock
28) Vapor Technology Association
29) Virginia Association of REALTORS (DBA Virginia REALTORS®)
30) Virginia Automobile Dealers Association
31) Virginia Beverage Association
32) Virginia Dental Association