Brennan, Manna & Diamond has a distinguished history of practice before state and local governments and regulatory bodies. The firm has a broad and diverse practice in lobbying, legislative and government affairs, and administrative law. Lawyers within the firm have appeared on behalf of clients in meetings with representatives from governors’ and attorney generals’ offices as well as with legislative leadership figures to discuss possible new-business initiatives or our clients’ interactions with state and local governments.
On many occasions, we have also been engaged in drafting legislation for our clients to address specific concerns, clarify or revise existing legislation, or address a perceived need to adopt new legislation. We also actively track proposed legislation affecting such diverse areas as health-related issues, taxation, land-use regulation, workers’ compensation and unemployment compensation laws.
We frequently appear on behalf of our clients before state and local regulatory boards on licensing matters, regulatory complaints, procurement disputes or when a particular board is involved in rulemaking or statutory recodification.
Several members of our Government Relations Practice Group are registered lobbyists and regularly appear before state and local legislative committees to testify on behalf of clients at public hearings on pending legislation, land-use issues and government-contract issues. The Government Relations Practice Group is also involved in state and local political lobbying and planning.
Members of the Government Relations Practice Group have also been appointed to state and local commissions, regulatory boards, blue-ribbon task forces and other executive and legislative-appointed bodies to study matters of interest to firm clients.
Our firm has a strategic alliance with Compass Consulting, LLC, a government-relations and lobbying firm with offices in Florida; Ohio; Washington, D.C.; and China. When appropriate, we are able to put the resources of Compass Consulting to use for our clients. We can also work closely with a variety of public-relations and marketing firms for the benefit of our clients.
Practicing Attorneys
Alessandro A. Apolito
M. Mark Bajalia
Jack T. Diamond
Michael R. Freed
Matthew T. Jackson
Andrew K. Kantor
Joshua R. La Bouef
Anthony S. Manna
Jack D. Webb