Expertise:

• Taxation
• Financial Services
• Telecommunications
• Judiciary

Education:

• JD, cum laude, Tulane University, 1993
• BA, International Relations, University of Virginia, 1989

Bar Admissions:

• District of Columbia
• Virginia

Maggi Lazarus is an attorney with more than twenty years of experience advocating for clients on Capitol Hill. During that time, she has provided companies and trade associations with strategic, legislative and political guidance on a variety of business-related issues, including tax, banking, telecommunications, gaming and intellectual property matters.  She has particularly strong professional relationships with staff whose jurisdictions and work center around the Judiciary Committees, Ways and Means and Finance Committees.

Ms. Lazarus has significant experience building and managing single-issue coalitions that efficiently and effectively organize the efforts of companies, trade associations and interest groups to coordinate messaging and achieve specific legislative goals.  Regarding this approach to issue advocacy, Ms. Lazarus offers clients substantial value in funding public policy and media efforts.

Ms. Lazarus brings to her legislative practice a background in corporate litigation, having spent the first six years of her career representing clients in a broad range of commercial lawsuits, including antitrust, RICO, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, tax controversies and federal and state-based discrimination claims.  Thus, she more readily understands and appreciates the background, needs and application of business initiatives on Capitol Hill and before federal regulatory agencies.

Ms. Lazarus received her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and her law degree, cum laude, from Tulane University, where she was a published member of the Law Review.  She is a member of the District of Columbia and Virginia bars.

Expertise:

• Taxation
• Financial Services
• Judiciary
• Trade

Education:

• JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1980
• AB, Economics, Georgetown University, 1972

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia

Jack O’Rourke provides strategic advice and government representation to corporations, associations and issue-based coalitions.  Since 1991, he has represented clients on a broad range of matters in the areas of taxation, financial services and banking, international trade and investment, telecommunications, patent and trademark, and international business operations.

Mr. O’Rourke previously served as Vice President and Legislative Counsel for the Securities Industry Association, an association of more than 600 securities firms (including investment banks, broker-dealers and mutual fund companies) active in all U.S. and foreign markets and in all phases of corporate and public finance.

Prior to entering the private sector, Mr. O’Rourke worked in Congress and in the Executive Branch.  From 1981 to 1984, Mr. O’Rourke worked on Capitol Hill as a professional staff member in the office of Rep. Ed Bethune and on the minority staff of the House Banking Committee.

From 1974 to 1977, he worked as an economist at the U.S. Department of Labor.

Mr. O’Rourke received both his undergraduate degree and his law degree from Georgetown University. He is a member of the District of Columbia bar.