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SUMMARY:Webinar: Expanding the Effective Advocate’s Toolbox: Understanding the Legal and Ethical Landscape of Lobbying
DESCRIPTION:**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone** \nIn light of the 2026 midterm elections\, this program will examine the federal political landscape\, implications for legislation and policymaking\, and the legal and ethical frameworks governing lobbying. The program will begin with an overview and analysis of the 2026 midterm elections before turning to a practical discussion of lobbying and its role in client advocacy. Panelists will explore the laws governing lobbying activities\, key compliance obligations\, and ethical considerations for attorneys and other professionals involved in advocacy and government relations. \nModerated by Maura Black\, the panel will feature former U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan and his colleagues at ArentFox Schiff LLP\, Dan Renberg\, Cissy Jackson\, and Mary Grace Guzman\, bringing together perspectives on elections\, government relations\, lobbying law\, and professional responsibility. \nRegister Now!\nCo-Presented by the FBA’s Government Relations Committee and Professional Development Committee. \n\nPresenters\nSenator Byron Dorgan\, Senior Policy Advisor\, ArentFox Schiff\nSenator Dorgan is a former U.S. Senator and Congressman who represented North Dakota in Congress for 30 years. During his 18 years in the U.S. Senate\, he served as Assistant Democratic Floor Leader and Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee and on the Appropriations Committee\, the Energy Committee\, and the Commerce Science and Transportation Committee. In the U.S. House of Representatives\, Senator Dorgan served for 10 years on the House Ways and Means Committee\, working on tax and health care issues. He is a New York Times Bestselling Author of five books. A Senior Policy Advisor at ArentFox Schiff\, Senator Dorgan has remained active in policy and public affairs\, including as a nationally recognized voice on tax\, energy\, technology\, trade\, national security\, defense\, and infrastructure policy. \nMary Grace Guzman\, Professional Responsibility Counsel\, ArentFox Schiff\nMary Grace is a dedicated ethics and professional responsibility attorney with a proven track record of achievement in individual cases and investigations\, program and procedure design\, and litigation assistance related to professional misconduct cases. She worked on the landmark case that allowed undocumented individuals to become licensed attorneys in California (In Re Garcia [2014] 38 Cal.4th 4440). A thought leader in the area of professional responsibility\, Mary Grace is frequently tapped to speak and write on developing issues and has led numerous trainings on the nuances of the topic. In addition\, she has served as an adjunct professor teaching Professional Responsibility at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego and the John F. Kennedy School of Law in Pleasant Hill\, California. \nCissy Jackson\, Counsel\, ArentFox Schiff\nCissy’s multidisciplinary practice at ArentFox Schiff combines her years of litigation experience with her recent work in the U.S. Senate. She served as both Counsel and National Security Adviser to Senator Doug Jones of Alabama\, advising the Senator on legislation\, votes\, and policy and working with bipartisan Congressional colleagues\, senior Pentagon leadership\, and defense industry stakeholders to draft and enact the FY20 and FY21 National Defense Authorization Acts and Defense Appropriations bills. Before joining the Senator’s staff\, Cissy was in the private practice of law\, handling insurance fraud and bad faith\, products liability\, white collar\, False Claims Act\, grand jury investigation\, and commercial property tax appeal matters. At ArentFox Schiff\, Cissy helps clients develop and implement successful advocacy strategies on bipartisan and nonpartisan policy issues involving the federal courts\, national security\, and trade\, as well as represents clients in complex civil\, False Claims Act\, and white collar criminal litigation matters in state and federal courts. \n \n  \nDan H. Renberg\, Partner and Government Relations Practice Co-Leader\, ArentFox Schiff\nDan has worked in Washington\, DC\, for more than 25 years\, either in public service or as an advocate before Congress and the Executive Branch. He is the former Legislative Director and Deputy Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) and a former Presidentially appointed Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. At ArentFox Schiff\, Dan represents corporate\, association\, and nonprofit clients\, providing innovative strategic planning and tireless advocacy in the nation’s capital on issues that include health\, trade\, tax\, energy\, Medicare reimbursement\, transportation infrastructure\, biomedical research\, and economic development policy. Dan has been recognized for his government relations work by The Best Lawyers in America\, the nation’s oldest peer review directory for lawyers\, every year since 2014. \n\nModerator\nMaura Black\, Partner\, Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick LTD\nMaura is a Partner at Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick LTD in Providence\, Rhode Island\, where she specializes in representing disabled veterans and their families before the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Board of Veterans’ Appeals. Throughout her career\, she has represented hundreds of veterans and their dependents in their pursuit of VA benefits before both the VA and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. She has presented and organized numerous continuing legal education events that have focused on service-connected VA benefits and appeals\, VA’s appeals reform legislation\, and petitions for writs of mandamus at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Maura is also an active member of the Federal Bar Association. She has served in leadership positions in the FBA’s Veterans and Military Law Section and Rhode Island Chapter; as a member of the standing Membership Committee; and as a participant in award selection and program planning committees. She chaired the FBA’s Sections & Divisions Council and now chairs the Government Relations Committee. In 2025\, she earned the FBA’s President’s Award in recognition of outstanding leadership and dedication to the FBA and to advancing the legal profession. \n\nRegister Now!\n\nLive Broadcast | FBA Member: $0\nLive Broadcast | Nonmember: $95\nOn-Demand Broadcast | FBA Member: $50\nOn-Demand Broadcast | Nonmember: $95\n\n\nCLE\nPlease note: CLE for this webinar has not been pre-approved. MyLawCLE and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states\, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states. Posted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction. \n\nOffered by myLawCLE in partnership with the Federal Bar Association.\nmyLawCLE is an independent webinar provider and is responsible for webinar registration\, CLE administration\, and related communications. \nFor questions regarding this program\, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/webinar-expanding-the-effective-advocates-toolbox-understanding-the-legal-and-ethical-landscape-of-lobbying/
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