Norman Brownstein Bio

Chairman Norman Brownstein, fondly referred to as "America's 101st Senator," by Senators Ted Kennedy and Hank Brown, has earned the respect and trust of leaders on both sides of the aisle. In 1995, Mr. Brownstein opened a government relations office in Washington, D.C. The team initially consisted of two policy professionals and a couple of sublet cubicles. Subsequently, the organization has grown into one of the largest, most successful bipartisan government relations practices in the U.S. In fact, since 2021, the firm has ranked number one nationally in terms of revenue. Mr. Brownstein has impacted our nation’s public policy for over four decades. The D.C. office’s success can be credited to his passion for political advocacy and his relentless pursuit of solutions to clients’ problems. Chairman Brownstein has been instrumental in the passage of numerous federal laws spanning six administrations. Chairman Brownstein was politically engaged long before his multistate, multidisciplinary law firm set up shop in D.C. In the early ‘90s, he was instrumental in obtaining federal funding for the construction of the Denver International Airport, and could often be found on Capitol Hill advocating for pro-Israel causes. Mr. Brownstein was utilizing his prior experience to help the cable industry achieve a major victory in the 1996 Telecommunications Act, a bill that created the framework for our modern Internet and broadband economy. Over time, Chairman Brownstein’s expertise and policy successes expanded into tax, financial services, private equity, real estate companies, trusts, banks, private credit providers and insurers. Appropriations for cancer, respiratory research and education institutions have also been successful. Mr. Brownstein continued his passion for health care, fostering public and private hospital partnerships via legislation that provided grants and loans to physicians as well as hospitals during the pandemic. Those victories established Chairman Brownstein, and the firm, as a major force among national law firms with government relations practices. Brownstein is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s leading lobbying and government relations practices with over 350 lawyers and policy professionals spanning 13 offices around the country. From these modest beginnings, Mr. Brownstein continues to advocate with the same zeal as he did upon founding the firm, partnering with companies and organizations to plan and execute their public policy goals.