Partner, New York
230 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10169

TEL: 212.905.8300
FAX: 212.922.1819
EMAIL: rgordon@mckennalong.com

PROFILE

Richard Gordon is a Partner in the firm’s Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs practice, where he concentrates on International and Government Affairs. During his career, Richard has been heavily involved in public policy and strategic planning in both the public and private sectors. His significant experience has positioned him as a key national government affairs strategist, directing and managing complex strategic and policy related issues that have multi-state implications. His practice focuses on state and local government procurement, business development, and corporate and not-for-profit strategic planning. He works closely with clients to strategically position them on business, political and other policy-related matters.

Richard has assisted and advised clients representing a wide array of issues, including telecommunications, health care and Medicaid, corrections, financial services, homeland security, economic development, venture capital, the environment and education.

Richard specializes in developing or expanding markets for clients and creating strategic implementation plans to increase their market share. To assist clients in achieving their goals, he has developed a network of associates in virtually every state that enables clients to instantly have a presence in state capitols and cities across the country. He also specializes in creating and implementing strategic marketing and outreach programs that enable clients to develop a market niche and wider audience for their products or policies.

Richard has been involved in Democratic politics on the national level for many years, and has served numerous administrations and campaigns in policy and organizational capacities. For five years, he served as Director of Policy and Planning for Governor Evan Bayh of Indiana, developing the Governor’s major policy initiatives in education, remedial assistance and retraining, health care, welfare reform and the environment, and in development and delivery of the Governor’s thematic message. He served Governor Bayh as Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. Richard also directed the Governor’s efforts during his chairmanship of the Democratic Governors Association. He was the National Finance Director for the Evan Bayh for Senate campaign and the Washington Transition Director for Senator-Elect Bayh, and he continues to serve Senate Bayh today as a senior advisor, helping to direct his political committees and activities.

Richard was the Executive Director of the Friends of Mario M. Cuomo, served on Vice President Mondale’s presidential campaign staff where he focused on issues of concern to senior citizens and was an aide to Senator Claude Pepper, and worked on a number of Congressional campaigns. He also served on the staff of Congressmen from New Jersey and Michigan, again focusing on senior, social security and energy issues. In 1992, Richard was appointed a Clinton/Gore member of the Democratic Platform Committee. Richard is a member of the chairman’s board of Democratic Governors, a position he has held since the board’s inception.

Prior to joining McKenna Long & Aldridge, Richard was the founder of the Gordon Law Firm, a New York-based law firm with a national practice.

In addition to his legal experience, Richard also held significant leadership positions in the private sector. He served as President of an international results oriented strategic planning firm, assisting clients in expansion, development and marketing decisions, public policy analysis and advice on the state, national and international level. He was also the Executive Vice President of a leading publicly traded health care company and its related nursing home and medical managed care companies. Richard sits on the board of NNC Group, a telecommunications company that provides customized, high capacity telephony services such as call center design and call routing, voice and fax broadcast, and interactive voice response technology.

He is the author of "Hazardous Waste Management Requirements in Indiana," which appeared in the book, Hazardous Waste in Indiana.