Robert S. Highsmith Jr. practices legislative, administrative, and regulatory law, government relations, and litigation. He serves as national Team Leader for the firm’s State Capitals Team and leads the firm’s Georgia Government Relations Practice, representing clients before the Georgia General Assembly and before state and local government agencies. He also has extensive experience in public policy litigation, representing both governmental entities and private parties.
Among Georgia’s foremost experts on campaign and ethics law, Mr. Highsmith currently serves as lead outside counsel to numerous political candidates and office holders, including:
- Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle
- Secretary of State Karen Handel
- Georgia Republican Senatorial Trust
- PERDUEPAC, Governor Sonny Perdue's Political Action Committee