Akerman Senterfitt announced today that former Republican House Representative Jon C. Porter is joining the firm as Director of Public Policy in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
Mr. Porter most recently served as a three-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District, one of the largest and fastest growing Districts in the nation. He has served on a broad range of committees, including the House Ways & Means Committee, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the Education and Workforce Committee and the Government Reform Committee. He also led and then helped revitalize the House Tourism Caucus.
Akerman’s Government Affairs and Public Policy Group is a bi-partisan team of 40 attorneys and government affairs professionals located in Washington, D.C., Florida and New York. Akerman assists Fortune 500 companies and governmental entities with a wide range of services, including federal and state appropriations, legislation and policy drafting, issue monitoring and research, regulatory analysis and strategic planning.