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House chief of staff returns to government affairs career

Posted by John Sugden on Aug. 25, 2014

A lobbyist-turned-House chief of staff has returned to the government affairs industry. 

Adam Brand is now director of public policy and government affairs at Biogen Idec. The biotechnology company's work focuses on the research and discovery of new therapies for neurological and autoimmune disorders. 

Brand most recently served as chief of staff for Rep. Linda Sánchez, (D-Calif.) starting in 2010. He became Rep. Patrick Kennedy's (D-R.I.) chief of staff in 2007, following a three-year stint at lobbying heavyweight Akin Gump. Between 1997 and 2001 Brand worked as a communications aide for then-House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.).

Brand's father is prominent Washington, D.C. lawyer, Stanley Brand. Since founding the Brand Law Group in 1983, Stan Brand has made a name for himself as an inside-the-Beltway power player. A criminal defense attorney, he has developed a speciality in ethics and has represented many members of Congress who have found themselves in hot water. 

Adam Brand earned a BA from Skidmore College in 1997 and a JD from Georgetown Law in 2004.