Hunter Bates

Hunter Bates is a Partner in the firm directing the legislative strategies of a variety of clients in many industries – auto manufacturing, technology, health care, financial services, and consumer products.  He has been actively involved in several recent major legislative efforts on behalf of clients, including energy and climate change legislation, Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization, pension reform, class action litigation reform, patent reform and telecommunications and broadband deployment.

From 1997 to 2002 Hunter served as Chief Legal Counsel and then Chief of Staff to current Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (KY).  During this time, Hunter worked with Senator McConnell and other members of the Senate and House on issues including senate procedure, campaign finance law civil justice reform, labor law and healthcare.

He has played a key role in two statewide McConnell senate campaigns, most recently in 2002, where he served as campaign manager helping Senator McConnell win with a record 65% of the vote.

Hunter was a Delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention and Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher appointed him to the Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents, where he served as Chairman.

He is a graduate of the Harvard Law School and of Eastern Kentucky University where he graduated magna cum laude.

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