717-237-4801
409 N. Second Street, Suite 500, Harrisburg, PA, 17101,
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is the largest of its kind within any law firm in Pennsylvania. Its Government Relations Group provides a wide variety of clients with an outstanding program of advocacy services before the General Assembly and Executive Branch agencies of state government. The principals have held positions at the highest levels of state government, including former members of the House of Representatives, and a former member of the Governor's staff. In addition, they include former Chief Counsels of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and the Pennsylvania Insurance Department as well as former Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and of the Pennsylvania State Police.
Firm Specialties:
Buchanan's services include providing background information to clients and key policy makers about the potential impact of proposed legislation or regulations; effectively communicating clients' concerns to government; drafting legislation; testifying before legislative committees and regulatory hearings; drafting and distributing position papers for clients; and monitoring the General Assembly and providing clients with updates.
1) 3M Company and its affiliates
2) Affordable Equity Partners, Inc.
3) American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
4) Argo AI
5) Crown Castle (including Pennsylvania Partnership for 5G)
8) GREATER PITTSBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
10) HP Inc.
12) Iron Mountain Information Management
13) Kay Builders
14) Lucid USA, Inc.
19) North Fayette
21) Pattern Energy
23) Pennridge Development Enterprises Inc
24) PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
25) PENNSYLVANIA POWER COMPANY
26) PENNSYLVANIA SKI AREAS ASSOCIATION, INC.
28) Rolka Loube Saltzer LLC, DBA Rolka Loube
29) St. Luke's Health Network, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates
31) The National Elevator Industry, Inc.
32) The Williams Companies, Inc.
34) West Penn Power
STEPHEN M. DEFRANK is a senior advisor in Buchanan's state government relations group. He joins Buchanan after spending 23 years of his career in Pennsylvania state government. His most recent position was chief of staff for Senator Lisa M. Boscola.
Steve brings process and policy expertise to our Pennsylvania Government Relations Practice, having worked in state government for more than 20 years. He has served in several roles in his over two decades with the Senate of Pennsylvania, including chief of staff, committee executive director, and policy director. Steve called on his strengths differently in each of those roles: as a chief of staff for Sen. Lisa Boscola, he used his organizational skills and ability to multitask to advance the senator's legislative agenda in Harrisburg and manage constituent outreach and communications in her district office. As Executive Director for the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee, Steve grasped new concepts quickly and effectively, and developed an area of expertise in issues affecting the energy and utility sectors. As Policy Director, he worked as a jack of all trades to advance a caucus-wide agenda that included initiatives related to legalized gaming, community and economic development, workforce development, education initiatives and government reform.
2026880225
100 M Street, SE, Suite 750, Washington, DC, 20003,
1) AARP
2) Advanced Technology International (On behalf of National Armaments Consortium)
5) Alliance for Cell Therapy Now
6) Alliance for Drone Innovation (informal)
8) Altria Client Services, Inc.
9) American Financial Services Association (AFSA)
10) American Seniors Housing Association
11) American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
12) American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
13) Anduril
14) Biogen
15) BlackLine, Inc.
16) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
21) Central Florida Expressway Authority
24) City of Gresham
31) College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)
33) Conduent, Inc. and its Affiliates
34) Continuing Medical Education Coalition
35) Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
36) Danbury Mission Technologies, LLC
38) Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
39) eBay, Inc.
41) Environmental Working Group
42) Equifax Inc.
43) Exelixis
45) Financial Services Institute
46) Florida Inland Navigation District
48) ForeScout Technologies, Inc.
49) General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems, LLC
50) General Atomics, Electromagnetic Systems, Inc.
51) Geost, Inc.
55) Horizon Therapeutics USA, Inc. (formerly known as Horizon Pharma USA, Inc)
56) Huntington's Disease Society of America
57) Imprivata, Inc.
61) International Packaged Ice Association
62) Jackson National Life Insurance Company
63) JM Family Enterprises, Inc
64) JTR Strategies on behalf of Jetblue Airways Corporation
65) Kentucky Community and Technical College System
67) Los Angeles County, Office of Education
70) McAllister & Quinn on behalf of Villanova University
71) Medical Device Manufacturers Association
73) Melbourne Airport Authority
74) MetaBank
76) Mortgage Bankers Association
77) National Association for the Employment of People Who Are Blind (NAEPB)
78) National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
79) National Council for Behavioral Health
81) National Home Infusion Association
82) National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc.
85) NW Natural
86) OneMain Financial Group, LLC
89) Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston, TX
90) Partnership for Part D Access (informal coalition)
91) PayPal
92) PIPE-Partnership for Infrastructure Project Excellence (informal coalition)
93) Professional Compounding Centers of America
94) Prudential Financial, Inc.
95) Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA)
96) Raytheon Technologies Corporation (formerly United Technologies Corporation)
98) Robinhood
99) San Bernardino City Unified School District
101) Sedgwick County, KS
102) Small Business Investor Alliance (SBIA)
104) St. Lucie County, FL
105) T-Mobile USA, Inc.
106) Telehealth Access for Behavioral Health
107) TerSera Therapeutics
108) Texas Association of Business
110) The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
111) Tripadvisor LLC
112) Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas
114) Village of Islamorada, FL
115) Village of Key Biscayne, FL
2025471831
500 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 210, Washington, DC, 20001,
1) ACA Connects - America's Communication Association
5) American Composites Manufacturers Association
6) American Flood Coalition Action, Inc.
7) American Transmission Company, LLC
8) Americans Standing for Simplification of the Estate Tax, Inc. (ASSET)
9) AMGEN
10) AptarGroup, Inc.
11) Argo AI, LLC
12) Babel Street
13) Bipartisan Policy Center Action
15) Bose Corporation
16) Boston Scientific Corporation
17) Campbell Consulting OBO Charleston County Government
18) ClearPath Action for Conservative Clean Energy, Inc.
19) Connect4Strategies on behalf of FCS - Familial Chylomicronemia
20) Connect4Strategies on behalf of Orexo US, Inc.
21) COUNCIL FOR RESPONSIBLE NUTRITION
22) COUNCIL ON RADIONUCLIDES AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
23) DUKE ENERGY
30) ForeScout Technologies, Inc.
31) Forge labs
34) Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.
35) Independent Petroleum Association of America
40) ITEX Group
41) LA-1 COALITION
42) LafargeHolcim
43) Leidos
44) LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, Inc.
45) Mallinckrodt
46) ManageUriD
47) Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
49) MrCooper
51) NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION
53) NEC Corporation of America
55) NiSource Inc.
57) Primoris Services Corporation
59) RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
60) Renewable Energy Group, Inc.
63) SilverLining
64) SWEDISH MATCH NORTH AMERICA
65) Texas Woman's University Foundation
67) The Distilled Spirits Council
68) Trane Technologies FKA Ingersoll Rand
70) Twilio, Inc.
71) U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association
72) UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORPORATION
73) Venntel, Inc.
74) Ventas, Inc.
76) Walmart Inc.
100 M Street, SE, Suite 750, Washington, DC, 20003,
500 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 210, Washington, DC, 20001,
500 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 210, Washington, DC, 20001,
1620 L Street NW, Suite 610, Washington, DC, 20036,
500 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 210, Washington, DC, 20001,
500 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 210, Washington, DC, 20001,
2022137367
2545 Railroad Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222,
1) ARGO AI
2022931030
1620 L Street NW, Suite 610, Washington, DC, 20036,
