Kelley Cawthorne is a Lansing-based law and government
relations firm. Although concentrating in Michigan governmental
relations and law, Kelley Cawthorne's breadth of experience and
contacts gives it a truly national presence. Our expertise extends
to legislative, regulatory and administrative matters in other
states, the federal government and even within selected local and
tribal governments.
No firm has deeper, bi-partisan roots in the legislative,
regulatory, legal and political arenas than Kelley Cawthorne.
Accordingly, Kelley Cawthorne was recently recognized as one of
the state's top five (5) most effective lobbying organizations in
an independent survey of legislators, staffers, executive branch
officials, journalists and lobbyists conducted by the respected
political newsletter Inside Michigan Politics. In the same survey,
three (3) of the firm's attorney/lobbyists were also recognized as
being among the state's top twenty (20) individual lobbyists.
Resolving issues in the Michigan Legislature or within state
and federal departments or agencies requires more than a strong
grasp of the governmental process and a deep knowledge of the law.
It also demands effective advocacy and an understanding of the
decision makers and what motivates them -- qualities that are the
very core of Kelley Cawthorne. The ability to recognize,
understand and interpret current public opinion and political
trends is also important. And, when matters must be fully
adjudicated before administrative agencies or in the courts,
Kelley Cawthorne's unmatched skill and experience in public
policy-related advocacy and litigation becomes especially valuable
to its clients. Kelley Cawthorne was founded in 1999 by the former
Democratic Attorney General of Michigan, Frank J. Kelley, and
former Michigan House Republican Leader Dennis O. Cawthorne. Both
men currently serve on the prestigious Mackinac Island State Park
Commission by appointment of Michigan's governor.
