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Ed Pagano
Work Department
Partner; Lobbying & Public Policy
Position
Ed Pagano provides advice to clients in the antitrust, communications, immigration reform, small business, technology and legal reform space, among others. He has a profound understanding of the federal government’s inner workings, given his tenure with the Obama administration as Senate liaison and deputy assistant to the President for legislative affairs and with Sen. Leahy and the Senate Judiciary Committee for more than 20 years. Ed’s long and distinguished public service career includes:
• Senate Liaison and Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, White House, 2012 to 2014
• Chief of Staff, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), 2005 to 2011
• Senior Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee, 1997 to 2011
• Legislative Counsel, Sen Patrick Leahy (D-VT), 1993 to 1996.
Ed began his professional career as an associate at a large law firm before moving on to serve as a field director for the Clinton-Gore presidential campaign in 1992. During college, he played power forward for four years for the Vermont Catamounts basketball team. He remains active at the University of Vermont as a member of the board of trustees and through alumni and student engagement.
To learn more about Ed, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/ed-pagano.html
Career
Senate Liaison and Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, White House, 2012 to 2014
Chief of Staff, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), 2005 to 2011
Senior Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee, 1997 to 2011
Legislative Counsel, Sen Patrick Leahy (D-VT), 1993 to 1996.
Memberships
Board Member, Legacies of War.
Member, Board of Trustees, University of Vermont
Education
J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1990
B.S., University of Vermont, 1985
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization