The Law Offices of Terry T. Campo, PLLC

Government Relations, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs

It is virtually impossible to ‘do business’ today without encountering government regulations. Rather than be passive victims of excessive regulation, businesses need to shape their environment by being proactive in contacts with elected officials and regulatory agencies. Government officials are increasingly ‘career politicians’ or credentialed ‘experts’ in a narrow field with no other knowledge or background in the business they regulate. Establishing two-way communications can head-off or mitigate against the agendas pursued by their competitors and activists.

Integrating Legal Strategies with Policy Analysis

Our legal services center on the intersection between law practice and public policy. Your objective may also require litigation. But simple economics teaches that before you go to court, you should try to shape the relevant laws or regulations to make them most favorable to your objective—especially when the Courts will look to the stated policy objectives of applicable laws when applying them to your case. This may involve amending the law or shaping the legislative history that guide regulatory agencies and courts in implementing the law. Whether your objective requires a long-term strategy to change the law, or can be advantaged by quietly inserting language into a ‘must-pass’ bill requires both a legal and political analysis.

The Law Offices of Terry T. Campo can integrate the legal, policy and political analysis to inform that strategic choice.

Legislation, Regulations and Rule-Making

Terry T. Campo is the author not only of legislation at the state and Federal level in the U.S., but also of laws adopted by foreign governments—including still-Socialist governments moving toward democracy and a market economy. As General Counsel… Read More

Government Relations

Terry T. Campo brought a decade of legislative experience gained in the Illinois Legislature and political campaigns when he started on Capitol Hill as a Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. In the three decades since—including, as the h… Read More

Political Law

“Political Law” encompasses not only traditional Election and Campaign Finance Law, but also the growing body of reporting and disclosure requirements that apply to businesses, organizations and even some individuals—especially when contacting… Read More

Appellate Litigation

From winning national Moot Court competitions as a law student, to arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court, Terry Campo can formulate arguments that get your case heard. Litigation is an element of each of the Law Offices of Terry T. Campo’s areas of… Read More

Energy and Environment

Terry Campo brings 30 years of professional experience concentrated in the Energy & Environment sectors, beginning with “Superfund” Reauthorization legislation on Capitol Hill to the management of the environmental problems arising from the C… Read More

Finance

All projects require not only ‘legal work,’ but financing. In the Energy Sector, they must also take into account public policy considerations that often favor some types of projects over the other. Read More

International Trade and Business Law

The American and British “Rule of Law Perspective” — in which property-rights are clearly established and business negotiations produce a contract enforced by an independent judiciary — is barely developed in most countries. Title issues aris… Read More

Corporate

Hundreds of legal issues arise in everyday business activities. Read about some of the more intensive matters we have handled for our clients. Read More

Employment

The quantity of federal, state and local regulations that flow from having employees continues to grow. Many businesses get ‘caught in the cross-hairs’ as they become liable for the acts of their employees—but are increasingly restricted in wha… Read More

Transportation

It is particularly true in Transportation Law and Policy that, sometimes half the journey is knowing where to start. Like much of government, each technological innovation in transportation results in a new set of regulations—often administered by… Read More