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,
2766191199
3315 Patterson Avenue, Richmond, VA, 23221,
804-644-7884
PO Box 170, Richmond, VA, 23218,
804-644-7884
PO Box 170, Richmond, VA, 23218,
5) Bloom Energy
6) Bristol Resort & Casino, LLC
8) Community Association Institute Virginia Legislative Action Committee
9) Federation of Virginia Food Banks
10) HCA-The Healthcare Company
11) Holcim US
12) KPMG LLP
13) MTM, Inc.
14) Mythics Inc.
16) Old Dominion University Research Foundation
17) One Senior Care
18) Pfizer, Inc.
19) Prysmian Group
20) Roanoke Gas Co.
21) SCI Virginia Funeral Services, Inc.
23) Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
24) Unite US
25) Vapor Technology Association
26) Virginia Beverage Association
27) Virginia Dental Association
28) Virginia Wine Wholesalers Association, Inc.
29) Waste Management of Virginia, Inc.
30) WestRock
804-852-7057
PO Box 170, Richmond, VA, 23218,
