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
Links:Website, LinkedIn
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.
2024674700
800 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20006, 
1) Americans for Puerto Rico's Self-Determination
2) Anterix Inc. (formerly known as pdvWireless, Inc.)
4) Bacardi North America (formerly Bacardi USA Inc)
5) Bank Mobile, Inc. (Formerly Higher One)
7) Broadbill Investment Partners, LLC
11) City of Sunrise
12) Costa Farms
13) CSU Global
16) ECPI University of Virginia Beach, Virginia
17) Environmental Litigation Group
18) Falcon Farms
19) Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba
20) Fox Corporation
21) Franciscan Alliance (f/k/a Sisters of St. Franciscan Health Services)
22) Free Conference Call Corporation
23) George Matelich
27) International Center for Democracy
28) Intralot USA
29) Kairos Partners
30) Lir Media
31) Manipal Education Americas, LLC (Greater Caribbean Learning Resources Inc
33) MSP Recovery
34) Nova Southeastern University
35) OneSpaWorld
36) Participate (Formerly VIF International Education)
38) R3 Education fka/Equinox Capital, Inc
39) Road Scholar
43) Tower Communications Expert, LLC
44) U.S. EDUCATION Servicing, LLC
45) Unibe Universidad of the Dominican Republic
46) Universal Technical Institute
47) Universidad Central del Este
48) Venezuelan American Alliance
49) Vme Media Inc.
2022588508
1730 Rhode Island Ave, NW, Suite 317, Washington, DC, 20036, 
800 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20006, 
1) Americans for Puerto Rico's Self-Determination
2) Bacardi North America (formerly Bacardi USA Inc)
8) Costa Farms
9) CSU Global
11) ECPI University of Virginia Beach, Virginia
12) Environmental Litigation Group
13) Falcon Farms
15) Holocaust Survivor Foundation USA, Inc
16) Manipal Education Americas, LLC (Greater Caribbean Learning Resources Inc
17) MSP Recovery
18) OneSpaWorld
19) Participate (Formerly VIF International Education)
21) R3 Education fka/Equinox Capital, Inc
22) Road Scholar
24) Tower Communications Expert, LLC
25) U.S. EDUCATION Servicing, LLC
804-775-1909
800 E Canal Street, Richmond, VA, 23219, 
2026007269
800 Connecticut Ave, NW, 300, Washington, DC, 20006-2713, 
8) The Cormac Group, LLC on behalf of Bell Legal Group
9) The Cormac Group, LLC on behalf of Broward County Florida
10) The Cormac Group, LLC on behalf of ECPI University of Virginia Beach, Virginia
11) The Cormac Group, LLC on behalf of Falcon Farms
12) The Cormac Group, LLC on behalf of Manipal Education Americas, LLC
13) The Cormac Group, LLC on behalf of Participate, Inc.
14) The Cormac Group, LLC on behalf of Universal Technical Institute