Michael Reynold

Clients trust Mike Reynold to help them navigate challenging government and public affairs matters. He is experienced in healthcare, pharmaceutical, energy, technology, transportation, education, and financial services issues. In addition to being a partner with McGuireWoods LLP, Mike is a senior vice president at McGuireWoods Consulting. A seasoned operative, Mike integrates direct lobbying, grassroots advocacy campaigning, strategic communications, and digital media strategies to help clients win. He regularly interfaces with legal and corporate executives, private equity investors, and portfolio companies to navigate policy decisions and avoid “death by politics.” Mike helps lead the firm's multi-state national practice, working with clients across the country who interact with governors, attorneys general, state legislators, and regulators. Before joining the firm, he worked in the Virginia governor’s office, as a state director on a presidential campaign, and on Capitol Hill. Outside of work, Mike raised money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Man of the Year campaign by getting “pushed” out of an airplane at 11,300 feet by a 1st grader fighting leukemia. Yes, he is scared of heights.

Representation of an energy company in efforts to create community grassroots support for a mining and milling operation in Virginia. Representation of a healthcare trade association to build a coalition of business, community and patient advocacy leaders to advocate for federal public policy. Representation of a company involved in a $2.1 billion transportation public private partnership by executing a grassroots and online advocacy program to raise community awareness about the project.

Member, Virginia Bar Association Member, Republican National Lawyers Association Covenant Woods Board of Directors, Board Secretary, March 2014- Present Leukemia & Lymphoma Society- Virginia Chapter, Board of Directors, Vice Chair, 2016- 2018 Board of Conservation & Recreation, Virginia, 2013- 2017 Virginia Bar Association, Chair, Young Lawyers Division, Town Hall Committee, 2013- 2016 Director, Governor’s Commission on Government Reform & Restructuring, 2010-2011

Virginia

State, Local Governments Employ Economic, Political Tools in Response to Ukraine Invasion, March 17, 2022 Virginia Redistricting Plan Shifts Political Landscape, Long-Term Impact Likely, January 24, 2022 Transition Teams: How to Work Effectively with Incoming Administrations, Florida Politics, November 18, 2020 Virginia Governor's Race Tests GOP EstablishmentÕs Appeal in Trump Era, The Wall Street Journal, October 27, 2017 Fiorina tops GOP list for potential Virginia Senate contest, Politico, November 6, 2016