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Ryan, MacKinnon, Vasapoli & Berzok is a lobbying firm based in Washington D.C.

In January 2009, Roll Call reported that <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ryan,Phillips,Utrecht%26_MacKinnon" title="Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon</a> had split up and that "<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tom_Ryan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Ryan (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Tom Ryan</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jeff_MacKinnon" title="Jeff MacKinnon" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jeff MacKinnon</a> have taken two colleagues from the original firm to form Ryan, MacKinnon, Vasapoli & Berzok, while <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lyn_Utrecht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lyn Utrecht (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Lyn Utrecht</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bill_Phillips" title="Bill Phillips" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bill Phillips</a> have snagged seven colleagues to join their venture Utrecht & Phillips. The Ryan MacKinnon firm will focus on legislative and lobbying work, and Utrecht & Phillips will specialize in campaign finance law as well as lobbying."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ryan,MacKinnon,Vasapoli%26_Berzok#cite_note-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ryan,MacKinnon,Vasapoli_%26_Berzok#Working_for_Dominion" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1 Working for Dominion</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ryan,MacKinnon,Vasapoli_%26_Berzok#Related_SourceWatch_articles" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.1 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ryan,MacKinnon,Vasapoli_%26_Berzok#References" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.2 References</a></li>

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<p style=" margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In 2008 Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon received $120,000 in fees from the major U.S. power utility <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dominion" title="Dominion" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dominion</a> for work on climate change issues.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ryan,MacKinnon,Vasapoli_%26_Berzok#cite_note-2" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> The registered lobbyists were <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_Ryan" title="Thomas Ryan" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Thomas Ryan</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Matthew_Berzok" title="Matthew Berzok" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Matthew Berzok</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jeff_MacKinnon" title="Jeff MacKinnon" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jeff MacKinnon</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joe_Vasapoli" title="Joe Vasapoli" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Joe Vasapoli</a>,<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_O%27Connor" title="George O'Connor" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">George O'Connor</a>,<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bill_Phillips" title="Bill Phillips" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bill Phillips</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Doug_Nappi" title="Doug Nappi" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Doug Nappi</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rodney_Hoppe" title="Rodney Hoppe" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Rodney Hoppe</a>.

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<li id="cite_note-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ryan,MacKinnon,Vasapoli_%26_Berzok#cite_ref-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> Kate Ackley, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_69/news/31128-1.html?type=printer_friendly" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">"Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht Splits Into Two Firms"</a>, Roll Call, January 8, 2009.</li>

<li id="cite_note-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ryan,MacKinnon,Vasapoli_%26_Berzok#cite_ref-2" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/climatelobby/Results.aspx?ClientName=&LobbyingFirm=Ryan%2C%20Phillips%2C%20Utrecht%20%26%20MacKinnon&Expense=-1&LobbyistName=&Quarter=&BizCategory=&Results_BizCategory=1&Results_ClientName=1&Results_Expense=1&Results_LobbyingFirm=1&Results_Quarter=1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">“Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon”</a> Center for Public Integrity, accessed July 2009.</li>

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Ryan, MacKinnon, Vasapoli and Berzok, LLP — 9 Clients

The first two name partners at Ryan, MacKinnon, Vasapoli and Berzok both have close ties to the House Energy and Commerce committee. Thomas M. Ryan worked as a Democratic aide to the committee, while fellow partner Jeff MacKinnon served as legislative director to Representative Joe Barton, a Texas Republican and current ranking minority member of the committee. The firm represents the giant association of investor-owned electric power companies, Edison Electric Institute, and large electric power and oil companies, including Southern Company, Entergy and Sunoco, as well as the Association of American Railroads.

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<p style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(231, 233, 235);">Ryan, MacKinnon, Vasapoli and Berzok, LLP specializes in legislative and administrative representation.  The firm’s partners offer substantial experience in a range of areas including energy, telecommunications, trade, health care, securities and finance, the environment, as well as ethics.

Our bipartisan firm represents a broad array of corporations,  trade associations and other entities on a variety of legislative and regulatory issues.  We have strong relationships in the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the Senate Commerce Committee, and both the Democratic and Republican leadership in the House and Senate.

As a firm, we emphasize top-quality, highly responsive service, understanding of the intricacies of the legislative and regulatory process, and bring to our clients a combination of experience, energy, substance and nuance.  Our goal is to work together with the client and other outside advisors to achieve results and ultimate success.

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Phone: 202-778-4009

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Jeffrey MacKinnon has spent the past twenty-five years on the front lines of the important public policy debates in Washington.

He began his career in the office of Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tx), and for eight years covered a wide range of issues including energy, the environment, health care and telecommunications.  For the last four years of his tenure with Mr. Barton, he was the congressman’s legislative director.  Among other activities, Mr. MacKinnon worked extensively on all titles of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and the Energy Policy Act of 1992.

After serving two years as Director of Legislative Affairs for the Interstate Natural Gas Association (September, 1993-January, 1995), Mr. MacKinnon joined the law firm as a partner and is now entering his sixteenth year in this capacity.  His practice with the firm has focused on energy, telecommunications and health care issues.  In the years leading up to enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 Mr. MacKinnon was the chief advocate for a coalition of investor-owned electric utilities addressing industry re-restructuring issues

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