Lobbyists Employed

• Amezquita, Hope
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  701 E Franklin St
  Ste 1412
  Richmond, VA 23219
  
  804-644-8080
  

  Registered: 6/15/2016
  Matters: All legislative and executive matters, including agency and regulatory issues, impacting voting rights and prisoners' rights.
  Job title: Staff Attorney and Legislative Counsel
  

• Farrar, William Robert Jr
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  701 E Franklin St
  Ste 1412
  Richmond, VA 23219
  
  804-523-2156
  

  Registered: 6/15/2016
  Matters: The ACLU of VA lobbies the General Assembly and the Executive Branch to support laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that seek to reform Virginia’s criminal and juvenile justice systems, dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, ensure open and transparent government, ensure access to government benefits without discrimination, remove laws and policies that grant entities the right to deny services to individuals based on religious or moral belief, and ensure proper oversight and accountability vis-à-vis the government’s use of surveillance and other technology.
  Job title: Director of Public Policy and Communications
  

• Gastañaga, Claire Guthrie
  (Details)

  701 E Franklin St
  Ste 1412
  Richmond, VA 23219
  
  804-523-2146
  

  Registered: 6/15/2016
  Matters: The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia lobbies the members of the General Assembly and the Governor’s office to support laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that seek to protect civil rights and civil liberties or codify protections against discrimination including legislation and executive action that would reform Virginia’s criminal, juvenile justice and mental health systems, dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, ensure open and transparent government, ensure access to abortion and other reproductive health services, ensure access to government benefits without discrimination, remove laws and policies that grant public accommodations or other entities the right to deny services to individuals based on religious or moral belief, ensure proper oversight and accountability vis-a-vis the government’s use of surveillance and other technology, protect the right to vote and implement both the Free Exercise and Establishment clauses of the First Amendment.
  Job title: Executive Director
  

• Schmidt, Charlie
  (Details)

  701 E Franklin St
  Ste 1412
  Richmond, VA 23219
  
  804-402-0767
  

  Registered: 7/29/2016
  Matters: Criminal Justice Reform Immigration Issues LGBTQ Rights Voting Rights Reproductive Rights Free Speech Rights Privacy Concerns and Technology Open Government (FOIA)
  Job title: Public Policy Counsel