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Lobbying and Foreign Representation

Domestic lobbying:

BGR Group filed as a lobby firm under the Lobby Disclosure Act from 2002-2015 representing 283 clients, including:

• Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care (2001 - 2013)
• Government of Taiwan (2005 - 2007)
• FM Policy Focus (2001 - 2008)
• Kilkenny, Alan (2005 - 2008)
• Mortgage Insurance Companies of America (2003 - 2014)

Foreign political or quasi-political activity:

BGR Group registered as a foreign agent on behalf of foreign clients in 1996, until 1999, under the Foreign Agent Registration Act. Foreign clients include:

• Gildan Activewear Inc. (1999)
• Winterhur Group (1998)
• Government of Switzerland (1996, 1999)

Revolving door lobbyists:

People who lobbied on behalf of BGR Group and have also worked in a congressional office:

• Catherine Mary Abernathy
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• Gordon Hunter Bates
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• Eric R. Burgeson
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• William Bryan Cunningham
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• Emily Bacque Da Silva
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• Michael J. Davis II
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• Raissa H. Downs
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• Edward H. Edens IV
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• Lesley S. Elliott
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• Charles Faulkner
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• R. Michael Hanson
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• Wade Howard Heck
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• Brant David Imperatore
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• Charles C. Jefferson
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• Joshua Scott Lamel
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Caught Our Eye

• Putin-tied gas company hires Trump-tied lobbying group

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 21, 2019
  A pair of senior advisers to Donald Trump's 2016 campaign are lobbying on behalf of a gas company with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. read more

• Exiled Russian oligarch hires BGR

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 23, 2018
  The Bank of Moscow's former president, a wealthy Russian fugitive now living in the United Kingdom, has hired BGR Government Affairs to lobby on his behalf. read more

• BIO snags Senate health as gov't affairs director

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 14, 2017
  Biotechnology Innovation Organization, the world's largest biotechnology trade firm, picked up Sen. Johnny Isakson's (R-Ga.) health policy aide this month. read more

• BGR Group nabs Senate health-policy expert as VP

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 10, 2017
  The influential BGR Group has added a longtime Senate health-policy expert to its roster. read more

• Revolver returns to lobbying with Asian financial giant

  Posted by John Sugden on July 22, 2014
  A two-time revolving door congressional aide has once again left Capitol Hill, this time in favor of a lobbying position with international financial services company Nomura. read more

Employees

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People whose biographies include BGR Group as an employer:

• Basma T. Abbas

  (2022-2023)

  Government Affairs Coordinator, Commerce and Infrastructure

• Raghav Aggarwal

  (2023-)

  Vice President, Health and Life Sciences

• Frank Ahrens

  (Feb. 2020-)

  Principal

• David J. Allen

  (Aug. 2017-Jan. 2018)

  National Security Fellow

• Patrick Keaghan Ames (Keaghan)

  (2023-)

  Vice President, Financial Services

• Allison R. Sadoian Arethas (Ali)

  (March 2013-Sept. 2013)

  Government Affairs Assistant

• Andrew Lee Asher

  (Aug. 2006-2020)

  Of Counsel

• Daniel Austin

  (Nov. 2011-Aug. 2012)

  Government Affairs Clerk

• Joel D. Bailey

  (Sept. 2021-)

  Vice President

• Brittany Godwin Baker

  (Feb. 2017-May 2018)

  Associate

• Haley Reeves Barbour

  (1991-)

  Founding Partner

• Haley Reeves Barbour Jr. (Reeves)

  (Jan. 2011-June 2011)

  Vice President of Government Affairs

• Elliot Stanton Berke

  (2006-2007)

  General Counsel

• Carl Biersack

  (1999-2005)

  Director, Government Relations

• David W. Boyer (Dave)

  (March 2015-Oct. 2019)

  Principal, Health and Lifesciences Practice

• Remy Leigh Brim Mason (Remy Brim)

  (Jan. 2021-)

  Principal

• Eric R. Burgeson

  (2006-Jan. 2011)

  Vice President

• Luke Michael Burke

  (Sept. 2005-Sept. 2007)

  Interim Research Director

• Robert Butora (Rob)

  (Aug. 2013-April 2014)

  Law Clerk

• Allie Estorge Cameron

  (June 2021-Nov. 2021)

  Clerk

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Related People

People who have BGR Group listed in their biographical information:

• Haley Reeves Barbour

  Founding Partner