Zach Mauldin Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Advised clients on federal and state requirements related to lobbying disclosure; prepared and filed lobbying registrations and reports where applicable. Experienced with LDA filing and in more than 20 states.
• Drafted guidance for lobbyists to easily track applicable expenditure limits in relevant jurisdictions; tracked changes in laws to ensure guidance is current.
• Managed PAC accounts and filed campaign finance reports to the FEC and various state and local jurisdictions for a wide variety of clients, including corporations, trade associations, and political parties.
• Vetted PAC disbursements to ensure they were within limits. Reconciled PAC bank accounts to reports.
• Advised clients on federal and state campaign finance laws, including applicable limits and filing requirements.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Represented MPP and associated ballot initiative campaigns in a legal and strategic capacity. Five of these campaigns were successful, resulting in historic policy change around the country.
• Ensured campaign finance compliance for initiative campaigns in eight states. Advised staff on campaign finance requirements for each state. Filed campaign finance reports for each state campaign, meeting strict.
• Filed lobbyist reports with various state governments.
• Active member of legal team representing the Maine campaign’s successful appeal of the Secretary of State’s decision to invalidate a large swathe of signature petitions.
• Represented MPP in a successful appeal of the Mississippi Secretary of State’s adverse determination relating to the organization’s tax status.
• Negotiated and drafted contracts for MPP and associated state ballot initiative campaigns, including: independent contractor agreements for signature collection, agreements with signature collection firms and.

Montpelier, Vermont

• Drafted bills and amendments for legislators on issues ranging from dam safety to professional regulation.
• Provided oral testimony in committee meetings regarding bills and amendments in order to answer questions and address issues the committee might have.
• Researched and drafted memoranda on proposed legislation. Legislative memoranda explained complex legal issues in simple and straightforward language.

South Royalton, Vermont

• Represented clients in the Environmental Division of Vermont Superior Court in land use litigation. This required motion drafting, discovery and fact development, research for internal memoranda, and solid.
• Researched economic consequences of EPA’s interpretation of the “Best Available Technology” standard of Clean Water Act.

• Wrote memoranda to support staff attorneys at the Department. Topics included, among other things, water quality, aquatic plant management, hunting, fishing, and tribal treaty rights.
• Helped prepare witness testimony for lawsuit in Federal Court regarding tribal treaty rights and hunting regulations.

Montpelier, Vermont

• Drafted several Supreme Court opinions based on both criminal and civil appeals. These opinions involved analysis of a number of areas of law, from criminal law and procedure to land use, zoning, and Act 250.
• Wrote and presented bench memoranda to Justice Dooley. These memoranda analyzed specific issues raised by appellants and appellees.

Juris Doctor

Bs, Zoology/Animal Biology