Orion Strategies
Orion Strategies is a strategic communications and public relations firm with a staff of experienced professionals in media and stakeholder relations, federal and state government affairs, grassroots advocacy, polling, research and creative services. We provide the tools and expertise to meet our clients’ needs.
Whether building public dialogue or influencing legislation, we are able to identify our client’s audience, determine the message and utilize the correct tool to deliver results.
Curtis Wilkerson founded Orion Strategies in 2006 with a vision of creating a full-service firm which would enable consistent quality and dependable results.
Frank Craddock is a Senior Account Executive at Orion Strategies where he leads Federal Affairs at the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Craddock brings more than 20 years of experience as a lobbyist, public affairs professional and consultant.
Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies
Created just over a decade ago, and wholly-owned by Cozen O’Connor, a top 100 law firm, CPS is a lobbying and public affairs firm with top tier practices in Washington, D.C. and – notably – in politically important state and local markets. We work alongside the largest state attorneys general practice in the country, supplemented by a robust governor’s practice.
CPS is marked by an empowering culture that prioritizes collaboration as a core value. Respect for our teams, and their work, has established deep, trusted relationships with our clients. Our internal culture leads to our team blending seamlessly in client organizations.
The Honorable Rodney Davis, a five-term former U.S. Representative for Illinois’ 13th district, currently holds the position of Managing Director at Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies. In this role, Rodney provides strategic counsel to the firm’s government relations clients, particularly those whose business goals are impacted by the legislative actions of Congress.
Squire Patton Boggs
One of the world’s strongest integrated law firms, providing insight at the point where law, business, and government meet. More than 1,500 lawyers in 45 offices across 20 countries on five continents provide unrivalled access to expertise. We deliver commercially focused business solutions by combining our legal, lobbying, and political capabilities and invaluable connections on the ground to a diverse mix of clients, from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses, start-up visionaries and sovereign nations.
Our preeminent Public Policy Practice can develop effective strategies to make sure you are heard at the right time, by the right people. We can also help you assess, in advance or in real time, what government policies could affect your business interests. We are proud to have the most experienced and well-recognized public policy practice in the US and internationally. We were among one of the first firms to recognize that all three branches of the government could serve as forums to advocate for our clients in order to achieve results.
Congressman Bill Shuster, senior policy advisor, provides strategic advice and consulting to clients on a wide range of public policy matters, including transportation, infrastructure and local governments. During his tenure, Congressman Shuster was one of the most respected Members of Congress while serving in the US House of Representatives.
David Stewart is a principal in our Public Policy Practice, who provides strategic advice to clients on a wide range of policy matters, with an emphasis on tax, international trade and other economic matters.
Austin Harrison, a member of our Public Policy Strategic Advocacy Practice, draws upon domestic and international policy experience to advise clients on matters involving administrative law, land use matters and various public policy matters, including authorizing legislation, appropriations and working with Congress to address agency actions.
Glassman Enterprises
Glassman Enterprises provides public affairs services to the Federal Infrastructure Bank. The firm’s specialties are strategy and targeted writing. Glassman Enterprises, based in Washington, D.C., works for a limited group of corporate and non-profit clients, including two of the largest pharmaceutical firms and one of the largest energy companies in the world.
James K. Glassman has 40 years of experience in media and government. He served as U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, the top global strategic communications position in government, and as Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which is responsible for all U.S. government media outreach to foreign countries through such brands as Voice of America and Radio Free Europe.
Elizabeth Heaton, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., is a respected communications strategist. She has worked with Ambassador Glassman for six years and is a specialist in online newsletters and media relations. Her background includes service in the George W. Bush Administration and work for a trade association and numerous corporate clients.
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C. is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and serves a multi-jurisdictional clientele. Our talented team of forty-three attorneys provides our clients with sophisticated legal services common to a large firm practice, but with responsiveness, personal attention, and sensible staffing of a smaller firm. Our lawyers are committed to working with one another, our experienced support staff and our clients as a team to deliver legal services of unsurpassed quality, effectiveness and efficiency.
Mr. Sher is a business lawyer whose practice is concentrated in commercial real estate and business and finance law. He also practices in the areas of commercial litigation, health care, creditors’ rights, workouts and foreclosures, commercial bankruptcy, disaster recovery, arbitration and mediation, administrative and public law, secured finance and asset-based lending.
Prolegis
Prolegis offers a free, non-partisan, legislative and policy information platform which empowers government staff, policy professionals, and the public to stay on top of constantly shifting policy and legal terrain and save time within today’s fast-faced legislative process.
Through a combination of smart bill text analysis, rich legislative and policy content, a personalized dashboard, and non-partisan issue briefings, Prolegis saves policy professionals time, provides comprehensive information, and offers insights that are difficult to uncover.
A progressive proponent and first-time founder, Brian brings fifteen years of startup and entrepreneurial marketing experience to Prolegis.