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Rob Cohen is a member of the firm’s Government Relations and Public Policy and Campaign Finance and Political Law Practice Groups. Mr. Cohen advises corporations, partnerships, political action committees (“PACs”), coalitions, trade associations, and other organizations on federal and state campaign finance, lobbying and government ethics compliance. Mr. Cohen represents PACs before the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Additionally, he develops and implements political compliance programs for corporations, trade associations, and other organizations.
Mr. Cohen also has significant experience representing public companies and trade associations, before Congress, federal departments and agencies, and state and local governments on telecommunications, insurance, financial services, economic development, tax, and environmental issues.
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Representative Experience:
- Counsels and represents a wide range of clients including companies, trade associations, coalitions, and PACs on federal and state campaign finance and ethics matters.
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Prepares federal and state election law filings and lobbying registrations and disclosures for corporate clients and other organizations.
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Serves as outside counsel for PACs, including formation, implementation, and representing their interests before the Federal Election Commission and state agencies.
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Develops and implements campaign finance and lobbying compliance programs for companies and associations.
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Conducts audits and internal investigations for companies.
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Trains executives, lobbyists, and staff on election law and lobbying and government ethics matters.
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Represents companies in congressional, federal, and state investigations.
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Prepares clients for committee hearings and drafts bills and legislative history.
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Creates and manages federal and state lobbying coalitions.
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Provides federal, state, and local government relations counseling and representation for companies, trade associations, and coalitions.
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Oversees state and local lobbying for public companies.
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Represented a leading wireless telecommunications carrier on regulatory, government relations, and merger matters.
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Represented a national restaurant company on government relations and economic development matters.
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Publications:
- "So, You Want To Help? Compliance Considerations for Corporate Political Fundraising" Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (February 2008) (with David E. Frulla)
- "Is It 'The End of Life in Washington As We Know It?'– Strategies for Complying with the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (January 2008) (with David E. Frulla)
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Prior Positions:
Prior to joining Kelley Drye, Mr. Cohen served as Of Counsel with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice where he specialized in counseling PACs and corporations on federal and state election law and government ethics matters. Mr. Cohen also represented companies before Congress and state and local governments.
Mr. Cohen also served as National Policy Counsel at the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) where he developed policy positions, prepared regulatory comments, and drafted legislation. In addition he also represented NAREIT before Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, the Department of Treasury, the Department of Commerce, and various state legislatures, courts, and public utility commissions. Among his achievements, he successfully advocated before the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding Sarbanes-Oxley Act implementation and assisted in the development and operation of the Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism, which led to the enactment of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act.
Mr. Cohen also spent several years representing the interests of wireless telecommunications and public safety technology companies before Congress, federal agencies, state legislatures and public utility commissions, and federal and state courts through his work as Vice President-Government Affairs and PAC Director at Intrado and Vice President, National Strategies Inc. Mr. Cohen assisted in the development and directed the lobbying efforts of the ComCare Alliance, which led to the enactment of the 9-1-1 Act. Additionally, Mr. Cohen served as the chief congressional lobbyist of the Personal Communications Industry Association, and directed the association’s PAC.
In addition, Mr. Cohen served as Counsel on the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and as Assistant Chief Counsel at the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy. In these positions, he worked with Members of Congress, White House officials, and federal regulators on legislative and regulatory issues, including banking, insurance, tax, telecommunications, trade, healthcare, Regulatory Flexibility Act, and tort reform.
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Bar Admission:
District of Columbia
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| Education:
Emory University, JD, 1991
Editor, Emory Sport and Entertainment Law Report
Brandeis University, BA, cum laude, 1988
Varsity Tennis
Co-Founder, Editor-In-Chief and Publisher, The Brandeisian
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Office Location:
Washington Harbour, Suite 400
3050 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007-5108
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