Christopher T. Cushing, based in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough’s Washington, DC, office, has more than 25 years of experience in the nation’s capital. Mr. Cushing represents clients in transactions and investments in which there is an interaction among political, business, regulatory, and legal environments. His clients include multinational corporations, banks and financial institutions, health care providers, nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, major industry associations, and domestic and foreign start-up ventures.

Mr. Cushing’s practice includes assisting government and business clients in public issues and political risk management, strategy development, and legislative and regulatory counseling for defense and homeland security, economic development, financial services, healthcare policy, public/private partnerships, renewable energy, tax policy, and state and local government issues.

He is the former managing partner of WolfBlock Public Strategies, LLC. From 1988 through 2004, Mr. Cushing founded and served as president of The Commonwealth Group, a multistate government relations firm. From 1985 to 1988, he was a principal advisor to former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. Before that, Mr. Cushing was Director of Government Relations for Boston Capital Corporation, the nation’s third largest owner/investor of apartment properties in the United States one of the nation’s leading real estate financing and investment firms, with multifamily housing and commercial holdings in 49 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

A proficient public marketing strategist, Mr. Cushing has lectured at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the Institute of Management & Administration, the Public Forum Institute, and is a frequent speaker in the United States and abroad. Topics include “Proper Influence: Responsible Federal, State and Local Lobbying,” focusing on best practices for effective and ethical lobbying, and “What Your Board of Directors Must Know About a Crisis Management Plan,” examining the development of an effective crisis management plan, including anticipating and preparing for a crisis and handling communication and public relations issues. He is a member of the American Association of Grant Professionals and the American League of Lobbyists.

He received a B.A. in political science and a B.A. in economics from Bowdoin College.