Mackenzie Hughes attorneys servicing the Public Law & Policy Practice area
include:
Jeffrey D. Brown
David M. Garber
Stephen T. Helmer
Mackenzie Hughes’ Public Law and Policy practice group consists of lawyers who have considerable experience in government services, including: a former state legislator and regional director of the State Attorney General’s office, a staff attorney for the New York State Legislative Bill Drafting Commission, and the top attorney (Corporation Counsel) for the City of Syracuse.
This government experience allows Mackenzie Hughes to assess client issues from a legal framework, as well as within policy and political contexts. Our attorneys have effectively achieved local, state and federal legislative solutions for our clients who seek specific and strategic administrative and policy action by government agencies and authorities through drafting, monitoring, and testifying and lobbying for and against specific appropriations and legislation.
Specific services include:
- Counseling businesses on the liabilities stemming from statutory, regulatory, and common law actions
- Accounting and corporate governance
- Counseling health care clients in drug and device regulation, Medicare/Medicaid and medical privacy, including HIPAA
- Counseling clients on the full range of data privacy and security laws
- Advising clients on a whole range of local, state and federal legislative matters
- Advising clients on tax issues, including tax sheltering and pension reform
- Advising clients in various other issues, including antitrust, telecommunications, and government contracts
- Providing clients with quality, issue-based representation
- Assisting clients in compliance with all of the major energy, environmental, natural resource and transportation laws
- Guiding clients through policy debates
- Representing its clients on appropriations matters, including preparation of the documentation and other information necessary, presenting the case, understanding the timing of the action, and seeing the request through to completion
- Developing and managing coalitions by bringing together industries with common interests to effectively advocate policy positions
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