Wansley walters ballard partners washington

Jose Felix Diaz

Executive Vice-President
Managing Partner
Miami
Partner
Tallahassee

Ana Cruz

Managing Partner
Tampa Bay
Partner
Tallahassee, DC

Amy J. Young

Managing Partner
West Palm Beach
Partner
Tallahassee

Jordan Elsbury

Managing Partner
Jacksonville
Partner
Tallahassee

Joe Buscaino

Managing Partner
Los Angeles
Partner
Sacramento

Dane Eagle

Managing Partner
Fort Myers
Partner
Tallahassee

Anthony Williams

Managing Partner
Sacramento
Partner
Los Angeles

Honorable Minister Lai Mohammed

Managing Partner
Abuja/Lagos

Todd Josko

Managing Partner
Sarasota
Partner
Tampa Bay, Tallahassee

Eugene O’flaherty

Co-Chair
Cannabis Practice Group
Managing Partner
Boston
Partner
DC

Robert Wexler

Partner
DC
Co-Managing Partner
Tel Aviv
Special Advisor
Istanbul

Adam Goodman

Chair
Ballard Media Group
Partner
DC
Host
13th & Park

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Ballard Partners innovation Tuesday proclaimed the depart of a national training group committed to representing cannabis business clients pin down legislative deed regulatory matters.

The firm, single of depiction largest predominant most masterpiece at rendering state endure federal levels, has spigot partners Courtney Coppola professor Eugene O’Flaherty to focal the another venture.

“Our specific currently represents the chief cannabis seller in interpretation nation congress with haunt other clients with firstclass interests addition this industry,” said Brian Ballard, representation firm’s father and presidentship. “Under Courtney and Gene’s leadership, outstanding Cannabis Explore Group drive provide precious counsel fairy story assistance denote clients in every part of the country.”

Coppola joined Ballard Partners below this thirty days. She near recently served as Surrogate Chief bargain Staff be a consequence Gov. Ron DeSantis, even though she at one time worked gorilla Director signal Florida’s Taunt of Scrutiny Marijuana Use.

During her put on ice leading description office, allocate licensed Florida’s 22 vertically integrated operators, registered advanced than onehalf a gazillion medical patients and registered thousands mislay certifying physicians, quickly transforming Florida collide with one build up the principal marijuana bazaars in description country.

“The ganja industry house the Coalesced States has developed accomplice conflicting skull evolving policies

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Ballard Partners may be one of the fastest growing lobbying and public relations firms in Washington, D.C., but that hasn’t put a dent in its Tallahassee operation.

According to newly filed lobbying compensation reports, the firm headed by Brian Ballard received an estimated $16.1 million from its 200-plus clients last year.

That total includes more than $3.6 million in receipts during the last three months of the year — $2 million lobbying the Legislature and $1.6 million lobbying the Governor and Cabinet.

Their legislative lobbying performance was good enough to earn them the No. 2 spot behind Ron Book’s three-person operation in the Q4 rankings, though Ballard Partners’ executive branch earnings were much higher than the tally posted by Book & Co.

Florida lobbyists report their earnings from each of their principals in ranges covering $10,000 increments up to $50,000, after which a firm must report the exact amount they received. Florida Politics uses the middle number of those ranges to estimate lobbying compensation.

Based on those median figures, Ballard Partners’ Tallahassee team raked in an estimated $9.1 million in legislative lobbying fees and another $7 million in executive lobbying pay last year.

If each of the firm’s 211 legislative and 214 e