The ACLU of Virginia has hired activist, advocate and administrator Claire Guthrie Gastañaga as its new executive director. Gastañaga will succeed Kent Willis who is leaving the group after 25 years. “Claire brings to the ACLU a huge network of people throughout Virginia who share our commitment to equality and civil liberties,” said board president Jayne [...]
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Gastañaga will be new ACLU chief
March 27th, 2012 · Comments Off · Lobbying
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Altria leads list of biggest-spending lobbyists
August 31st, 2010 · Comments Off · General Assembly, Lobbying, Uncategorized
Altria spent the most in the last legislative year in lobbying Virginia public officials, according to the annual report by the Virginia Public Access Project. The holding company that has Philip Morris USA as its principal asset spent $328,848, according to VPAP. A name that isn’t but so well known, the Northern Virginia Technology Council, [...]
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LeClairRyan lobbyists jump ship
January 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · Lawyers and Law Firms, Lobbying
The Pittsburgh-based firm of Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott LLC has conducted its second raid in the last three months on the Richmond operations of major law firms. The firm announced today three partners and three non-lawyer lobbyists from LeClairRyan will join the firm’s Richmond office – opened in October – on Monday. The partners [...]
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Kilgore to move to McGuireWoods
January 7th, 2010 · Comments Off · Lawyers and Law Firms, Lobbying
Former Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore, now a lobbyist, is changing jobs, heading to the Richmond office of McGuireWoods LLP. Kilgore joined the Richmond office of Williams Mullen in 2005, after his unsuccesssful campaign for governor. He has headed that firm’s government-relations department since then. Joining Kilgore at McGuireWoods will be Christopher R. Nolen, who [...]
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