Janice Ryan is an associate in the firm's Regulatory Affairs Practice Group, where she focuses her practice on counseling trade and professional associations, public charities, private foundations, and other nonprofits on a wide variety of legal topics, including tax exemption, corporate governance, antitrust, transactional, and political activities matters.  Ms. Ryan also advises for-profit and nonprofit clients on all aspects of state and federal political law, including campaign finance, lobbying disclosure, gift and ethics rules, pay-to-play laws, and tax implications of political activities.  Ms. Ryan develops comprehensive political compliance programs tailored to clients’ needs, and assists clients to implement those programs on an ongoing basis. 

Previously, Ms. Ryan served as a Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), where she handled health care, education, human services, and food and nutrition policy matters.