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POLICE REFORM

Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law hired Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP to lobby in support for police reform legislation. Roscoe Jones, former legislative director to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), will work on the account.

The Center for Policing Equity, which collects data in an effort to help law enforcement agencies improve relationships with communities, hired American Continental Group to work on police reform. Eriade Williams, former deputy chief of staff to Rep. Robert A. Brady (D-Pa.), will work on the account.

CORONAVIRUS RELIEF

Helicopter Association International hired Dentons to work on policy matters related to coronavirus relief legislation and appropriations bills. Chris Fetzer, former legislative assistant to ex-Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.), will work on the account.

JRD Law PLLC, on behalf of Happiest Baby Inc., hired The Vogel Group to work on issues related to tariffs and the COVID-19 response. Alex Vogel, former chief counsel to ex-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), and William McGinley, former White House Cabinet secretary to President Trump, will work on the account. 

Clinical stage biopharmaceutical company Altimmune hired Van Scoyoc Associates Inc. to work on vaccine and therapeutic development and manufacturing capacity issues. Chad Schulken, former staff director for Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, will work on the account.

Success TMS, a therapy provider based in Florida, hired Mercury Public Affairs to work on issues related to COVID-19. Al Simpson, former chief of staff to then-Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), will work on the account.

TECHNOLOGY

Food delivery platform Postmates Inc. hired BGR Government Affairs to lobby lawmakers and the Trump administration on the priorities for the on-demand logistics industry. Erskine Wells, former deputy chief of staff to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Joseph Lai, former special assistant for legislative affairs to Trump, will work on the account.

The Media Trust Company, a digital security and risk management vendor, hired Greenberg Traurig LLP to work on technology and homeland security issues. Former Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) and Jonathan Becker, former chief of staff to Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), will work on the account.