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Licenses:
Dist. of Columbia - Active 2009 Virginia - Authorized to practice law 1998
Experience:
Chief Financial Officer and Counsel at Mitt Romney for President - 2007-2008 General Counsel and CFO at Republican Governors Association - 2005-2007 Election Law Counsel at Republican National Committee - 2001-2005 Counsel to Chairman Darryl R. Wold at Federal Election Commission - 1999-2000
Education:
Georgetown University Law Center Degree - JD - Juris Doctor - Law Graduated - 1998 University of Michigan Degree - BA - Bachelor of Arts - Political Science Graduated - 1995
Specialties:
Election Campaign / Political Law - 75%, 26 years, 170 cases Government - 25%, 26 years, 40 cases
Associations:
Federalist Society - Member, 1997-present Republican National Lawyers Association - Vice Chair, DC Operations, 2009-2010
Description:
Charlie Spies is the leader of Clark Hill's national Political Law practice, as well as the Member in Charge of the Washington D.C. office. Charlie has over a...
E&E News reported on the pro-Pruitt super PAC earlier Friday. Charles Spies, Liberty 2.0's attorney, told the publication that the PAC is "assessing plans to continue to fully comply with the law and the highest ethical standards."
Date: Jan 06, 2017
Source: Google
Experts poke holes in Clinton Foundation's promised donor ban
Bill Clintons statement acknowledges ethics issues with foundation contributions, but when parsed, his solutionssounda lot like it depends on what the definition of 'is' is, said Charles Spies, a top Republican campaign finance lawyer.
Date: Sep 01, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
The Hidden Strategy Behind Mitt Romney's 2016 Campaign Tease
At the same time, Bush began recruiting Romneys political team. This week he announced the formation of a political action committee to help Republicans around the country, as well as a super PAC, formed by former Romney super PAC co-founder Charles Spies, to boost his own political fortunes.
Date: Jan 09, 2015
Source: Google
Louisiana had three $100000 campaign donations in 2013, two to new Sen ...
"Such limits on contributions to political committees that only make independent expenditures run afoul of the First Amendment, are unconstitutional on their face, and should no longer be enforced by the Board," wrote Washington lawyers Charles Spies and James Tyrrell II for the Fund. Vitter, re-el
As more Republicans face primary challenges, "the need to create super PACs to support individual members has moved from a luxury to a necessity," said Charles Spies, who helped create a super PAC that spent more than $145 million to help Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 2012.
Date: Nov 12, 2013
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Supreme Court will hear GOP challenge to campaign donation limits
uper PACs are required by law to be wholly independent of the candidates they support, but close ties are often evident. For example, several former Romney aides, including the general counsel in Romeys 2008 presidential bid, Charles Spies, spearheaded Restore Our Future and served in top positions.
Adelson's donation went to Restore Our Future, which has run ads to support Romney's campaign and attack his opponents, the AP reports, citing anonymous sources. Charles Spies, Restore Our Future's treasurer, declined to comment on donors. Adelson spokesman Ron Reese did not return telephone calls.
"Restore Our Future" is run by a troika of former Romney aides -- executive director Carl Forti, the Romney campaign's political director in 2008; treasurer Charles Spies, Romney's general counsel in 2008; and fundraiser Steve Roche, formerly the top Romney 2012 campaign fundraiser.
Washington, DCAs part of Clark Hill PLC's national Political Law team, I counsel a broad range of clients confronting challenges and opportunities at the intersection of... As part of Clark Hill PLC's national Political Law team, I counsel a broad range of clients confronting challenges and opportunities at the intersection of political and issue campaigns, government ethics, law and public policy.