Norman Brownstein

Chairman Norman Brownstein has earned the respect and trust of leaders on both sides of the aisle, which is why U.S. Senators Ted Kennedy and Hank Brown honored him with the title of "America's 101st Senator." Mr. Brownstein opened a government relations office in Washington, D.C. in 1995. The team initially consisted of two policy professionals and a couple of sublet cubicles. Subsequently, the organization has grown into one of the largest, most successful bipartisan government relations practices in the U.S. Mr. Brownstein has impacted our Nation’s public policy for over four decades. The D.C. office’s success can be credited to his passion for political advocacy and his relentless pursuit of solutions to clients’ problems. Chairman Brownstein has been instrumental in the passage of numerous federal laws spanning six administrations. Chairman Brownstein was politically engaged long before his multistate, multidisciplinary law firm set up shop in D.C. In the early ‘90s, he was instrumental in obtaining federal funding for the construction of the Denver International Airport, and could often be found on Capitol Hill advocating for pro-Israel causes. Within a year of establishing the D.C. office, Mr. Brownstein was utilizing his prior experience to help the cable industry achieve a major victory in the 1996 Telecommunications Act, a bill that created the framework for our modern Internet and broadband economy. Those early victories established Chairman Brownstein and the firm as a major force among national law firms with government relations practices. Today, Brownstein is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s leading lobbying and government relations practice with 275 lawyers and policy professionals in our offices around the country. From these modest beginnings, Mr. Brownstein continues to advocate with the same zeal as he did upon founding the firm, partnering with companies and organizations to plan and execute their public policy goals.