Professionals on our team were advocating for government and private sector clients on homeland security issues long before 9/11. We have helped clients penetrate the homeland security market to meet increasing security and intelligence requirements. The strength of our work in this area is our ability to directly represent our clients’ interests at the state and local levels – where the buyers and end-users make their decisions.

The creation of the Department of Homeland Security – the largest realignment of the federal government in 50 years – brought together 22 U.S. government agencies that had various approaches to the business community and united them under an umbrella organization with the common goal of protecting the United States. Many other executive branch and independent regulatory agencies also altered their rules and regulations to address concerns about security and the requirements of homeland security laws. This transformation has had a major impact on businesses, state and local governments, and nonprofit organizations, including colleges and universities, creating a mixed landscape of opportunities, risks, and challenges.

The Department of Homeland Security has more than 180,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $40 billion. A wide range of strategic growth opportunities exists in relation to this fast-growing federal department, and the WolfBlock Public Strategies team helps clients across a broad spectrum of industries in both the public and private sector to identify and develop new markets for their products and services while managing political risk.

Today's energy and utility industries are faced with complex and intricate legal and policy challenges. WolfBlock and WolfBlock Public Strategies deliver legal and government relations services to major companies in these sectors as they navigate this frequently complicated landscape. WolfBlock attorneys and Public Strategies lobbyists have the ability, experience and business acumen to represent these clients in regulatory and government relations matters, as well as in other aspects of their business.

With acknowledged competency in the field, our energy and utility attorneys are highly experienced in compliance and licensing issues and representing such companies before state and federal regulatory agencies. Our government relations professionals assist clients in understanding and navigating the public policy aspects of the energy and utility sectors, including assisting with licensing and funding issues, regulatory issues, and business development.

Our clients range from major energy and utility companies to small alternative fuel companies – from a clean coal plant in the Midwest to a large offshore windfarm – from a start-up fuel cell company to a large local government implementing a green transportation initiative. The breadth of our experience uniquely positions us to assist both new entrants and incumbents in utilizing effective legal, regulatory and political strategies to compete successfully in emerging competitive markets.

Both WolfBlock attorneys and the WolfBlock Public Strategies team have significant experience representing clients in the health care field. We strive to be sensitive to the complex decisions that clients face on a daily basis as they balance the resources and needs of their institutions against the demands of states and the federal government.

The WolfBlock Health Practice Group is a sophisticated, multispecialty practice group representing clients engaged in virtually every aspect of the health care delivery system. Our health law attorneys provide corporate and regulatory services for clients ranging from long-established health care systems, including some of the nation's largest and most respected institutions, to individual physicians and allied health care practitioners.

WolfBlock Public Strategies also provides government relations services to numerous health care clients, including hospitals, health care systems, managed care plans, biotech and pharmaceutical companies, national associations and individual entrepreneurs.

WolfBlock and/or WolfBlock Public Strategies have assisted health care clients in dynamic and evolving areas of the industry including:

• Corporate compliance program development;
• Private and public debt financing;
• Obtaining government contracts for production of pharmaceuticals;
• Obtaining necessary regulatory approvals;
• Designing joint ventures;
• Pharmaceutical pricing, development and marketing;
• Obtaining directed federal appropriations.

WolfBlock has represented public housing authorities since 1937. WolfBlock attorneys and WolfBlock Public Strategies professionals have worked extensively with several public housing agencies throughout the United States. Our attorneys represents clients in real estate transactions, employee benefits issues, complex litigation matters involving federal and state constitutional law and the United States Housing Act, and in the public finance area, serving as bond counsel for state, municipal and authority issues. We also represent large for-profit developers and tax credit syndicators and act as counsel to national underwriting syndicates in connection with the issuance of tax-exempt municipal bonds.

WolfBlock Public Strategies professionals utilize our knowledge and experience in the highly unique area of federal regulations governing public housing developments to effectively navigate our clients through various federal and state allocation agency procedures. Our professionals are recognized leaders in affordable housing advocacy and were instrumental in the creation and the permanent extension of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit. We have represented clients in areas such as affordable housing and historic-rehabilitation tax credit transactions, multifamily housing financing, syndication and capital financing, the development of national, state and local housing policies and programs, and issues arising from the closure of military bases.

WolfBlock Public Strategies professionals have consistently demonstrated an ability to translate our knowledge of the economy, legislation and housing into appropriate solutions for our clients.

The casino entertainment industry is one of the most closely scrutinized, highly regulated and fastest growing industry sectors in the world. In this competitive environment, gaming operators and their suppliers and support companies need trusted representatives who possess a strong understanding of the complex regulatory environment of the gaming industry. The collaborative network of WolfBlock Public Strategies professionals and WolfBlock attorneys provides the strategic representation essential for maximizing business and growth opportunities in the casino entertainment and related hospitality businesses.

WolfBlock has been extensively involved in the area of gaming law since the early 1980s, representing casinos, equipment manufacturers, Indian tribes, financial institutions and vendors in domestic and foreign jurisdictions. WolfBlock attorneys have represented gaming clients before legislative and regulatory bodies and counseled developers and managers of Indian casinos, including addressing the specific gaming concerns of Indian tribes, advising on the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and negotiating with the National Indian Gaming Commission.

WolfBlock Public Strategies' services include helping gaming clients to obtain licenses with state gaming and lottery commissions and providing strategic counseling regarding gaming ventures and management of public policy issues arising from gaming development. In Pennsylvania, we were closely involved in the enactment of the new Pennsylvania Gaming Law and have carefully monitored the initial activities of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on behalf of clients. In New York, we represent one of the world's largest gaming companies in connection with its efforts to establish the first video lottery gaming facility in the City of New York. In Massachusetts, we are very active in state proposals to expand opportunities for gaming and closely monitor gaming legislation on behalf of major gaming clients.

Higher education institutions realize that relationships with policy makers, government agencies, business leaders and other academic institutions are required to succeed and grow in this increasingly competitive landscape. WolfBlock understands this landscape and has significant experience working at the local, state and federal levels to creative competitive advantages for its education clients.

WolfBlock's clients include major research universities, public and private colleges, affiliated medical centers, community colleges, and businesses involved in the education marketplace. Our work involves developing funding strategies to secure additional public resources for programmatic support, technology upgrades and infrastructure development; business development efforts to better link academic institutions to industry; and government relations initiatives to ensure that our clients are directly involved in policy planning and formation.

To secure funding, WolfBlock conducts ongoing evaluations of an institution's programs and initiatives. Then, we match them with the most suitable sources of funding, including appropriations and grants. Over the years, we've helped secure millions in funding for research and development, capital projects and core educational programs.

WolfBlock has helped create relationships for higher education institutions in areas such as criminal justice, health care, defense & homeland security, marine technology and renewable energy.