Christopher Nolen
McGuireWoods Consulting
cnolen@mwcllc.com
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.
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Government Relations, 2011-2020Member, Virginia Code CommissionCommissioner (Virginia), Uniform Law Commission
1) American Resort Development Association
2) American Society of Interior Designers
3) ARDA-ROC
4) Association of Dental Support Organizations
5) Ballad Health
6) CGI Technologies & Solutions, Inc.
7) City of Bristol, Virginia
8) CNX Resources Corporation
9) Council for Interior Design Qualification
10) Directional Signing Program, LLC
11) Dominion Energy
12) ECPI University LLC
13) GCOM Software
14) HCA Virginia, Inc.
15) International Interior Design Association
16) Rockingham County
17) Volvo Group North America, LLC
18) Waste Management of Virginia, Inc.
20+ years
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.
Last Updated: January 25, 2024