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Legislative Representation

Legistlative Representation TeamEverett, Gaskins, Hancock and Stevens' attorneys have extensive experience in the representation of corporations, non-profit organizations, trade associations, public-private partnerships and advocacy groups in the North Carolina General Assembly.

Our lobbying practice is an important element of the comprehensive menu of services that we offer organizations that focus on education, economic development, taxation, entrepreneurial incentives, travel and tourism, biotechnology, aquaculture, and health care. (See Non-Profit Organizations, Trade Associations and Public-Private Partnerships).

Gerry Hancock, who was a member of the North Carolina Senate from 1980 to 1984, is the firm partner in charge of this practice. He is assisted by Ashley Matlock Perkinson, an associate in the firm.

Mr. Hancock has had extensive experience in organizing, leading and representing statewide public policy organizations. He served as the founding board chairman of the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research, the North Carolina Public School Forum and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. He helped organize and served as Vice Chairman of the Rural Economic Development Center. He has served as Co-Chair of the General Assembly's Study Commission on Biotechnology, as Director of the North Carolina Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, as Vice Chair of the North Carolina Board of Ethics, as a Member of the Commission on the Future of the Community College System, as a Member of the Advisory Committee to the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and as Vice Chair of the NC Partnership for Schools and Roads (1996 $1.8 billion bond issue campaign).

Ms. Perkinson's governmental experience includes serving as an intern in the West Wing Press Office of the White House in 1997; working for the House Majority Leader of the North Carolina General Assembly in 1998; serving as a county coordinator for U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole in 2002; and managing a congressional race in 2003.

Our lobbying clients currently include the Low Wealth Schools Consortium; the North Carolina PTA; the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of North Carolina, Inc.; Biofuels Center of North Carolina; and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.


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